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Title: AMINO ACIDS (TABLE)
Description: Table of Amino Acids for quick revision. Notes include: * Three Letter code and 1 Letter Symbol * Special group and Structure * Polarity * Net charge * Metabolic Fate * Nutritional Requirements

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Amino acids
Amino acid

Special Group & Polarity
Structure

Net
Metabolic fate
charge

Nutritional
Requirements

Glycine

Three letter
(1 letter)
Symbol
Gly (G)

Aliphatic chain

Non essential

Ala (A)

Aliphatic chain

Glycogenic

Non essential

Valine

Val (V)

Glycogenic

Essential

Leucine

Leu (L)

Ketogenic

Essential

Isoleucine

Ile (I)
Ser (S)

Glycogenic and
Ketogenic
Glycogenic

Essential

Serine

Branched
aliphatic chain
Branched
aliphatic chain
Branched
aliphatic chain
Hydroxyl

Threonine

Thr (T)

Hydroxyl

Polar

Cys (C)

Polar

Methionine

Met (M)

Sulfahydral
group
Thioether group

Glycogenic and
Ketogenic
Glycogenic

Essential

Cysteine

Glycogenic

Essential

Aspartic acid

Asp (D)

No net
charge
No net
charge
No net
charge
No net
charge
No net
charge
No net
charge
No net
charge
No net
charge
No net
charge
-ve

Glycogenic

Alanine

Non
polar
Non
polar
Non
polar
Non
polar
Non
polar
Polar

Glycogenic

Non essential

Asparagine

Asn (N)

Non essential

Glutamic acid

Glu (E)

No net Glycogenic
charge
-ve
Glycogenic

Glutamine

Gln (Q)

Non essential

Lysine
Arginine
Histidine

Lys (K)
Arg (R)
His (H)

No net Glycogenic
charge
+ve
Ketogenic
+ve
Glycogenic
+ve

Phenylalanine

Phe (F)

Essential

Tyrosine

Tyr (Y)

Tryptophan

Trp (W)

Proline

Pro (P)

No net
charge
No net
charge
No net
charge
No net
charge





β carboxyl
group
Amide group

Non
polar
Polar
Polar

ϒ carboxyl
group
Amide group

Polar

E amino group
Guanidine group
Imidazole group
(aromatic)
Benzene/Phenyl
(Aromatic)
Phenol
(aromatic)
Indole
(aromatic)
Pyrrolidine
(Imino acid)

Polar
Polar
Polar

Polar

Non
polar
Polar
Non
polar
Non
polar

Glycogenic and
Ketogenic
Glycogenic and
Ketogenic
Glycogenic and
Ketogenic
Glycogenic

Non essential

Non essential

Non essential

Essential
Semi Essential
Semi-Essential

Non essential
Essential
Non essential

Essential AA mnemonic: PVT TIM HALL (Phenylalanine, Valine, Tryptophan,Threonine, Isoleucine, Methionine, Histidine, Arginine, Lysine, Leucine)
Only Leucine and Lysine are Ketogenic amino acids
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Title: AMINO ACIDS (TABLE)
Description: Table of Amino Acids for quick revision. Notes include: * Three Letter code and 1 Letter Symbol * Special group and Structure * Polarity * Net charge * Metabolic Fate * Nutritional Requirements