amino acids!.txt

Alanine, nonpolar, has a CH₃ attached (top)

Aliphatic

Cysteine, polar, has a CH2 and SH attached (top)

Aspartic acid, electrically charged (acid), has Carbon skeleton with CH2 (bottom), O (upper left, negative charge), double bonded O (upper right)

Glutamic acid, electrically charged (acid), similar to aspartic, except extra CH2 below the CH2

Phenylalanine, nonpolar, has a CH2 (above) with a ring structure (above)

Aromatic

Glycine, nonpolar, has a H (above)

Aliphatic

Histidine, electrically charged (base), has CH2 (above), then ring structure with two NH, with the top having positive charge

Isoleucine, nonpolar, has a CH (above), with CH2 (above), another CH2 (above), and a H3C on left side of CH

Aliphatic

Lysine, electrically charged (base), has 3 CH2 (top) in a row, followed by NH₃⁺

Leucine, nonpolar, has CH2, with CH, then branches into CH3 and another CH3

Aliphatic

Methionine, nonpolar, has CH2 followed by CH2, then S, then CH3 at top

Aliphatic

Asparagine, polar, has Carbon skeleton with double bonded O (upper right), NH2 (upper left), and CH2 (bottom)

Proline, nonpolar, has CH2 followed by CH2 (upper left), then H3C (bottom left)

Aliphatic

Glutamine, polar, has carbon skeleton with double bond O upper right, NH2 upper left, and two consecutive CH2 bottom

Arginine, electrically charged (base), Carbon skeleton with NH2 (top), double bonded NH2 with positive charge (right), NH (bottom), followed by three CH2 (bottom)

Serine, polar, CH2 with OH (top)

Threonine, polar, CH with CH3 (upper right), OH (upper left)

Valine, nonpolar, CH with two CH3 in upper right and upper left

Aliphatic

Tryptophan, nonpolar, CH2 followed by double ring structure with NH in lower one

Aromatic

Tyrosine, polar, CH2 followed by ring structure, followed by OH

Aromatic