Amino Acids in Summary
This infographic groups the amino acid into 4 groups according to the chemical characteristics of their side chains along with the rules for classifying them. For more information, see The Amino Acids: A Guided Introduction.
Topics
- Glycine
- Alanine
- Valine
- Leucine
- Isoleucine
- Proline
- Phenylalanine
- Methionine
- Cysteine
- Tryptophan
- Serine
- Threonine
- Glutamine
- Asparagine
- Tyrosine
- Histidine
- Lysine
- Arginine
- Aspartate
- Aspartic acid
- Glutamate
- Glutamic acid
- negatively charged
- positively charged
- polar
- amino acid
- protein
- amino group
- carboxyl group
- side chain
- alpha carbon
- nonpolar
- hydrophobic
- hydrophilic
- basic amino acid
- acidic amino acid