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April 2, 2012

The unlabeled set of amino acid side-chains

Filed under: BB399H @ 5:39 pm

This set of the twenty amino acid side-chains doesn’t have the names listed.  You can quiz yourself to help you learn the names and predict the chemical properties of these different structures.  Example:  Which are the hydrophilic side-chains?  Which of these might tend to mover away from water and gather together in the same way that oil droplets coalesce into larger oil drops?

 



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