Amino Acid Classification

Question 1

charged amino acids

Answer 1

aspartate, glutamate, lysine, arginine, histidine

Question 2

hydrophilic amino acids (polar uncharged)

Answer 2

serine, theronine, cysteine, asparagine, glutamine

Question 3

hydrophobic amino acids (nonpolar)

Answer 3

glycine, alanine, proline, valine, leucine, isoleucine, methionine

Question 4

aromatic amino acids

Answer 4

phenylalanine, tyrosine, tryptophan

Question 5

ionizable amino acid side chains

Answer 5

aspartic acid, glutamic acid, histidine, cysteine, tyrosine, lysine, arginine, terminal residues