Amino Acids
Alanine
Ala, A, nonpolar, Nonessential
Arginine
Arg, R, polar-positive, Conditional
Asparagine
Asn, N, Polar-uncharged, Nonessential
Aspartic Acid
Aps, D, polar-negative, nonessential
Phenylalanine
Phe, F, nonpolar, essential, aromatic
Valine
Val, V, nonpolar, essential
What does essential amino acid mean?
an amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot synthesize (in large enough quantity at least); must be supplied in the diet
What are the negatively charged amino acids?
aspartic acid, glutamic acid D, E
what does nonessential amino acids mean?
my body can make them
What are the aromatic amino acids?
phenylalanine, tyrosine, tryptophan F Y W
What are the polar-uncharged amino acids?
serine, threonine, asparagine, glutamine, cysteine, tyrosine CYST QN
What are the nonessential amino acids?
Alanine, Asparagine, Aspartate, Cysteine, Glutamate, Glutamine, Glycine, Proline, Serine, Tyrosine DYSPNEA CQG
Proline
Pro, P, nonpolar, conditional, aromatic
Cysteine
Cys, C, polar-uncharged, nonessential
Glutamine
Gln, Q, Polar-uncharged, Conditional
Glutamic Acid
Glu, E, polar-negative, nonessential
Glycine
Gly, G, nonpolar, Conditional
What are the non-polar amino acids?
Glycine, Alanine, Valine, Leucine, Isoleucine, Methionine, Phenylalanine, Tryptophan, Proline MAGLIP VM WF
Histidine
His, H, Polar-positive, Essential
Isoleucine
Ile, I, nonpolar, essential
Leucine
Leu, L, nonpolar, essential
Lysine
Lys, K, polar-postitive, essential
What are the postitively charged amino acids?
Lysine, Arginine, Histidine KRH
Methionine
Met, M, nonpolar, essential
What does conditionally essential mean?
Semi-essential
Serine
Ser, S, polar-uncharged, nonessential
Tyrosine
Tyr, Y, polar-uncharged, aromatic
Threonine
Thr, T, polar-uncharged, essential
Tryptophan
Trp, W, nonpolar, essential
What are essential amino acids?
histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, valine FILTH MVWK
