Fig. 2 Amino Acids Act as Zwitterions When in Solution

Fig. 3 Isomeric forms of Amino Acids

Fig. 4 Titration of Amino Acid with Base

Table 1 Click on the name of the Amino Acid to see an interactive 3-D view of each amino acid. (Note: to view this interactively on your Web browser, the free Chemscape Chime plug-in viewer must be installed in your browser's plug-in folder.)

Name	Abbr.	Abbr.	Structure
Non-polar	.	.	.
Glycine	Gly	G
Alanine	Ala	A
Valine	Val	V
Leucine	Leu	L
Isoleucine	Ile	I
Proline	Pro	P
Cysteine	Cys	C
Methionine	Met	M
Phenylalanine	Phe	F
Tryptophan	Trp	W
Polar	.	.	.
Serine	Ser	S
Threonine	Thr	T
Tyrosine	Tyr	Y
Asparagine	A	N
Glutamine	Gln	Q
Basic	.	.	.
Lysine	Lys	K
Arginine	Arg	R
Histidine	His	H
Acidic	.	.	.
Aspartic Acid	Asp	D
Glutamic Acid	Glu	E