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Amino Acids: Definitions and R Group Characteristics, Quizzes of Biochemistry

Definitions and descriptions of various amino acids, including their r group characteristics such as polar, uncharged, positively charged, negatively charged, aromatic, and aliphatic. Each amino acid is identified by its three-letter and one-letter abbreviations.

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TERM 1
Alanine
DEFINITION 1
Non-polar, aliphatic R Groups
TERM 2
Ala
DEFINITION 2
Alanine
TERM 3
A
DEFINITION 3
Alanine
TERM 4
Arginine
DEFINITION 4
Positively Charged R Group
TERM 5
Arg
DEFINITION 5
Arginine
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Alanine

Non-polar, aliphatic R Groups

TERM 2

Ala

DEFINITION 2

Alanine

TERM 3

A

DEFINITION 3

Alanine

TERM 4

Arginine

DEFINITION 4

Positively Charged R Group

TERM 5

Arg

DEFINITION 5

Arginine

R

Arginine

TERM 7

Asparagine

DEFINITION 7

Polar, uncharged R groups

TERM 8

Asn

DEFINITION 8

Asparagine

TERM 9

N

DEFINITION 9

Asparagine

TERM 10

Aspartate

DEFINITION 10

Negatively charged R groups

Glutamate

Negatively Charged R groups

TERM 17

Glu

DEFINITION 17

glutamate

TERM 18

E

DEFINITION 18

Glutamate

TERM 19

Glutamine

DEFINITION 19

polar, uncharged R group

TERM 20

Gln

DEFINITION 20

glutamine

Q

glutamine

TERM 22

glycine

DEFINITION 22

nonpolar, aliphatic R groups

TERM 23

gly

DEFINITION 23

gylcine

TERM 24

G

DEFINITION 24

glycine

TERM 25

Histidine

DEFINITION 25

positively charged R groups

Leucine

nonpolar, aliphatic R groups

TERM 32

Leu

DEFINITION 32

leucine

TERM 33

L

DEFINITION 33

leucine

TERM 34

Lysine

DEFINITION 34

positively charged R group

TERM 35

lys

DEFINITION 35

lysine

K

lysine

TERM 37

Methionine

DEFINITION 37

nonpolar, aliphatic R groups

TERM 38

met

DEFINITION 38

methionine

TERM 39

M

DEFINITION 39

methionine

TERM 40

Phenylalanine

DEFINITION 40

aromatic R grops

serine

polar, uncharged R groups

TERM 47

Ser

DEFINITION 47

serine

TERM 48

S

DEFINITION 48

serine

TERM 49

Threonine

DEFINITION 49

polar, uncharged R groups

TERM 50

thr

DEFINITION 50

threonine

T

threonine

TERM 52

tryptophan

DEFINITION 52

aromatic R groups

TERM 53

Trp

DEFINITION 53

tryptophan

TERM 54

W

DEFINITION 54

tryptophan

TERM 55

tryosine

DEFINITION 55

Aromatic R groups