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Structures of Amino Acids
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Amino Acid Name (graphic) Chime*	A b r e v.	A b r e v.	Structure of R group (red)	Comments
Alanine Chime	ala	A		Neutral Non-polar
Arginine Chime	arg	R		Basic Polar
Asparagine Chime	asn	N		Neutral Polar
Aspartic Acid Chime	asp	D		Acidic Polar
Cysteine Chime	cys	C		Neutral Slightly Polar
Glutamic Acid Chime	glu	E		Acidic Polar
Glutamine Chime	gln	Q		Neutral Polar
Glycine Chime	gly	G		Neutral Non-polar
Histidine Chime	his	H		Basic Polar
Isoleucine Chime	ile	I		Neutral Non-polar
Leucine Chime	leu	L		Neutral Non-polar
Lysine Chime	lys	K		Basic Polar
Methionine Chime	met	M		Neutral Non-polar
Phenyl- alanine Chime	phe	F		Neutral Non-polar
Proline Chime	pro	P		Neutral Non-polar
Serine Chime	ser	S		Neutral Polar
Threonine Chime	thr	T		Neutral Polar
Trypto- phan Chime	trp	W		Neutral Slightly Polar
Tyrosine Chime	tyr	Y		Neutral Polar
Valine Chime	Val	V		Neutral Non-polar