Polar amino acids
Polar amino acids
[1]There are twenty amino acids, five of which are polar but uncharged. Two of which contain a hydroxyl group (-OH) attached to aliphatic side chain that is serine and threonine. As for the aspargaine and glutamine they contain a terminal carboxamide in place of carboxylic acid. The fifth polar amino acid is cysteine that is structurally similar to serine but contain a sulfhydryl, or thiol (-SH), instead of the hydroxyl (-OH) group.
- ↑ Berg J., Tymoczko J and Stryer L, (2007) Biochemisty, 6th edition, New York: WH freeman.
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