Amino Acids Grouped by Characteristics

Group Characteristic Amino Acid
Name		 Abrev. Letter Structure Interactions Modifications




















Hydrophobic


























 Alanine Ala A

 Hydrophobic

VDW

  
Valine Val V
 

Hydrophobic

VDW

   
Leucine Leu L
 

Hydrophobic

VDW

  
Isoleucine Ile I
 

Hydrophobic

VDW

  
Methionine Met M
 

Hydrophobic

VDW

  
Phenylalanine Phe F
 

Hydrophobic

VDW

π-bond

  
Tryptophan Trp W
 

Hydrophobic

VDW

H-bond

π-bond

  
Tyrosine Tyr Y
 

Hydrophobic

VDW

H-bond

  Phosphorylation
Neutral

 Proline Pro P
 VDW  
Glycine Gly G
   
Hydrophilic
Polar		 Serine Ser S
 H-bond

 Phosphorylation

 O-Glycosilation
Threonine Thr T
  H-bond

 Phospphorylation

 O-Glycosilation
Cysteine Cys C
  H-bond

 Disulphide bond

 metal chelation
Asparagine Asn N
  H-bond  

 N-Glycosilation
Glutamine Gln Q
  H-bond  
Hydrophilic
Acidic		 Aspartic Acid Asp D

  H-bond

ionic

  
Glutamic Acid Glu E
 

 H-bond

ionic

 metal chelation

 γ-carboxylation
Hydrophilic
Basic		 Lysine Lys K
 

 H-bond

ionic

 aldimine    formation
Arginine Arg R
 

 H-bond

ionic

π-bond

  
Histidine His H
 

 H-bond

ionic

  metal chelation

 

 

Ultime modifiche: giovedì, 2 marzo 2017, 13:32