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The 20 common amino acids
- alanine [r]: The second smallest of the twenty common amino acids used by living organisms to build proteins. [e]
- cysteine [r]: One of the twenty common amino acids and one of two that contains a sulfur atom. [e]
- aspartic acid [r]: One of the common amino acids incorporated into proteins. It is charged, polar, and hydrophilic. [e]
- glutamic acid [r]: One of the 20 common amino acids and one of two acidic amino acids. [e]
- phenylalanine [r]: An aromatic amino acid incorporated into proteins. [e]
- glycine [r]: The smallest of the twenty common amino acids used by living organisms to build proteins. [e]
- histidine [r]: One of the twenty common α-amino acids used by living organisms to build proteins. [e]
- lysine [r]: A positively charged amino acid used by living systems to build proteins. [e]
- isoleucine [r]: One of the twenty common amino acids used by living organisms to build proteins. [e]
- leucine [r]: An aliphatic, non-polar, hydrophobic amino acids incorporated into proteins. [e]
- methionine [r]: One of two common amino acids used in proteins that contain a sulfur atom. [e]
- asparagine [r]: One of the twenty common amino acids used by living organisms to build proteins. It is neutral but polar. [e]
- proline [r]: A cyclic, non-polar amino acid used in proteins. [e]
- glutamine [r]: A polar, neutral amino acid, the amide version of glutamic acid. [e]
- arginine [r]: A positively charged common amino acid, incorporated into proteins. [e]
- serine [r]: One of three hydroxylated amino acids used in protein synthesis; subject to phosphorylation. [e]
- threonine [r]: One of three hydroxylated amino acids in proteins; it may be phosphorylated [e]
- valine [r]: One of the twenty common amino acids used by living organisms to build proteins. It is aliphatic and non-polar. [e]
- tryptophan [r]: One of four common aromatic amino acids in proteins. [e]
- tyrosine [r]: One of four common aromatic amino acids use in protein synthesis; it may be phosphorylated. [e]
