Classification of Amino Acids

Idi Aminu Biochemistry Dept. BUK

 Classification of Amino Acids (AA)
 Proteinogenic AA
 Non Proteinogenic AA

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 Proteinogenic AA
 There are 22 (20 typical 2 specialized)
 Further Classified:
 Chemical or R group
 Nutritional

Metabolic Fate

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Classification Based on R Group

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Classification Based on Nutritional Requirement

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Metabolic Classification

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 Non Proteinogenic Amino Acids
 There are hundreds of them
 They have the following roperties:
 Biochemical
 Physiologic

Pharmacologic/therapeutics
 Toxicologic
 Allelogic

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 Non Proteinogenic AA List (Some)
ADDA (amino acid) Dehydroalanine Norleucine
Β-Alanine Diaminopimelic acid Norvaline
4-Aminobenzoic acid Dihydroxyphenylglycine NV-5138
Γ-Aminobutyric acid Enduracididine Ornithine
S-Aminoethyl-L-cysteine Hawkinsin Penicillamine
2-Aminoisobutyric acid Homocysteine Plakohypaphorine
Aminolevulinic acid Homoserine Pyroglutamic acid
Azetidine-2-carboxylic 4-Hydroxyphenylglycine Quisqualic acid
acid Hydroxyproline Theanine
Canaline Hypusine Tranexamic acid
Canavanine Isoserine Tricholomic acid
Carboxyglutamic acid Lanthionine
Chloroalanine Β-Leucine
Citrulline
Cystine
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