General Properties of Amino Acids

Name

Symbol
Three
Letter
Code

One
Letter
Code

Alanine

Ala

Arginine

MW

MW (H2O)

89.09

71.08

16.65

Arg

174.20

156.19

15

Asparagine

Asn

132.12

114.10

3.53

Aspartic Acid

Asp

133.10

115.09

0.778

Cysteine

Cys

121.15

103.15

very soluble

Glutamic Acid

Glu

147.13

129.12

0.864

Glutamine

Gln

146.15

128.13

2.5

Glycine

Gly

75.07

57.05

24.99

Histidine

His

155.16

137.14

4.19

Isoleucine

Ile

131.17

113.16

4.117

Leucine

Leu

131.17

113.16

2.426

Name

Three
Letter

One
Lette

MW

MW (H2O)

Structure

Structure

Solubility (g/100
mL H2O at 25C)

Solubility (g/100
mL H2O at 25C)

UV Abs
Log ( max
)
pH ~ 7.0

2.46
(250 nm)

3.77
(211 nm)

UV Abs

Code

r
Code

Lysine

Lys

Methionine

Met

Log ( max
)
pH ~ 7.0

149.21

131.20

3.381

3.97
(206 nm)
2.30
(257 nm)

Phenylalanine

Phe

165.19

147.18

2.965

Proline

Pro

115.13

97.12

162.3

Serine

Ser

105.09

87.08

5.023

Threonine

Thr

119.12

101.11

very
soluble

Tryptophan

Trp

204.23

186.21

1.136

4.67
(219 nm)
3.75
(280 nm)

3.90
(222 nm)
3.15
(274 nm)

Tyrosine

Tyr

181.19

163.18

0.0453

Valine

Val

117.15

99.13

8.85