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 Amino Acids 
| 
 Amino Acid 
 | 
 Code 
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 Mnemonic 
 | 
 R-group/Structure 
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| Alanine | 
A | 
Alanine | 
hydrophobic, small | 
 
| Arginine | 
R | 
Rginine | 
basic | 
 
| Asparagine | 
N | 
asparagiNe | 
hydrophilic | 
 
| Aspartate | 
D | 
asparDate | 
acidic | 
 
| Cysteine | 
C | 
Cysteine | 
hydrophilic (S-S) | 
 
| Glutamate | 
E | 
gluEtamate | 
acidic | 
 
| Glutamine | 
Q | 
Qlutamine | 
hydrophilic | 
 
| Glycine | 
G | 
Glycine | 
hydrophobic, small | 
 
| Histidine | 
H | 
Histidine | 
basic | 
 
| Isoleucine | 
I | 
Isoleucine | 
hydrophobic | 
 
| Leucine | 
L | 
Leucine | 
hydrophobic | 
 
| Lysine | 
K | 
LysinK | 
basic | 
 
| Methionine | 
M | 
Methionine | 
hydrophobic | 
 
| Phenylalanine | 
F | 
Fenylalanine | 
hydrophobic | 
 
| Proline | 
P | 
Proline | 
hydrophilic (turns) | 
 
| Serine | 
S | 
Serine | 
hydrophilic | 
 
| Threonine | 
T | 
Threonine | 
hydrophilic | 
 
| Tryptophan | 
W | 
tWyptophan | 
hydrophobic | 
 
| Tyrosine | 
Y | 
tYrosine | 
hydrophobic | 
 
| Valine | 
V | 
Valine | 
hydrophobic | 
 
 
 
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