Name | Symbol | Mass (-H2O) |
Side Chain | Occurence (%) |
Alanine | A, Ala | 71.079 | CH3- | 7.49 |
Arginine | R, Arg | 156.188 | HN=C(NH2)-NH-(CH2)3- | 5.22 |
Asparagine | N, Asn | 114.104 | H2N-CO-CH2- | 4.53 |
Aspartic acid | D, Asp | 115.089 | HOOC-CH2- | 5.22 |
Cysteine | C, Cys | 103.145 | HS-CH2- | 1.82 |
Glutamine | Q, Gln | 128.131 | H2N-CO-(CH2)2- | 4.11 |
Glutamic acid | E, Glu | 129.116 | HOOC-(CH2)2- | 6.26 |
Glycine | G, Gly | 57.052 | H- | 7.10 |
Histidine | H, His | 137.141 | N=CH-NH-CH=C-CH2- |__________| | 2.23 |
Isoleucine | I, Ile | 113.160 | CH3-CH2-CH(CH3)- | 5.45 |
Leucine | L, Leu | 113.160 | (CH3)2-CH-CH2- | 9.06 |
Lysine | K, Lys | 128.17 | H2N-(CH2)4- | 5.82 |
Methionine | M, Met | 131.199 | CH3-S-(CH2)2- | 2.27 |
Phenylalanine | F, Phe | 147.177 | Phenyl-CH2- | 3.91 |
Proline | P, Pro | 97.117 | -N-(CH2)3-CH- |_________| | 5.12 |
Serine | S, Ser | 87.078 | HO-CH2- | 7.34 |
Threonine | T, Thr | 101.105 | CH3-CH(OH)- | 5.96 |
Tryptophan | W, Trp | 186.213 | Phenyl-NH-CH=C-CH2- |___________| | 1.32 |
Tyrosine | Y, Tyr | 163.176 | 4-OH-Phenyl-CH2- | 3.25 |
Valine | V, Val | 99.133 | CH3-CH(CH2)- | 6.48 |
The amino acid occurence statistics were compiled using the NCBI database.