Amino Acids Whose Side Chains Have Both Polar and Nonpolar Parts

This image shows that amino acids with both hydrophobic and hydrophilic qualities can be found at the edge of a lipid bilayer in membrane proteins. For more information, see The Amino Acids: A Guided Introduction.

Topics

  • hydrophobic core
  • membrane protein
  • polar
  • uncharged
  • amino acid
  • protein
  • amino group
  • carboxyl group
  • side chain
  • alpha carbon
  • nonpolar
  • hydrophobic
  • hydrophilic