Hydrophobic amino acids

Phenylalanine
(Phe, F)
Tyrosine
(Tyr, Y)
Tryptophan
(Trp, W)
Methionine
(Met, M)
Leucine
(Leu, L)
Valine
(Val, V)
Isoleucine
(Ile, I)
Cysteine
(Cys, C)
Alanine
(Ala, A)
Proline
(Pro, P)

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Citation: M.J. Betts, R.B. Russell. Amino acid properties and consequences of subsitutions. In Bioinformatics for Geneticists, M.R. Barnes, I.C. Gray eds, Wiley, 2003.
Author: Rob Russell, Heidelberg University