Amino Acid MolecularWeights. The amino acids in proteins are composed of atoms of oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and hydrogen, as shown in Table The molecular weights of the individual elements are as follows:
Element | Atomic Weight |
Oxygen | 15.9994 |
Carbon | 12.011 |
Nitrogen | 14.00674 |
Sulfur | 2.066 |
Hydrogen | 1.00794 |
TABLE Amino Acid Molecules
Amino Acid | O | C | N | S | H |
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Alanine | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
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Arginine | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
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Asparagine | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
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Aspartic | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
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Cysteine | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
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Glutamic | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
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Glutamine | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
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Glycine | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
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Histidine | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
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Isoleucine | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
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Leucine | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Lysine | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
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Methionine | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
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Phenylanlanine | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
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Proline | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
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Serine | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
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Threonine | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
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Tryptophan | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
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Tyrosine | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
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Valine | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
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