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