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Chapter 4 . <strong>Amino</strong> <strong>Acids</strong><br />

Figure 4.3 The amino acids that are the building blocks of most proteins can be classified as (a)<br />

nonpolar (hydrophobic), (b) polar, neutral, (c) acidic, or (d) basic. Also shown are the one-letter<br />

and three-letter codes used to denote amino acids. For each amino acid, the ball-and-stick (left)<br />

and space-filling (right) models show only the side chain.<br />

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