Amino Acid Explorer

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   Amino Acid Explorer

Biochemical Properties
View a table displaying various properties of all 20 amino acids.

  Structure and Chemistry
View structural views and detailed properties of a given amino acid.

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Common Substitutions
Using data from the BLOSUM62 matrix, view a list of amino acids ranked by how often they substitute for a given amino acid.

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  Mutation Analyzer
Interactively discover what amino acid substitutions result from selected codon mutations.

  
Amino Acids at Work
Using data from NCBI curated CD records, explore functional sites within proteins in which a given amino acid plays a pivotal part.

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  Amino Acids as Ligands
Using Entrez Structure, retrieve 3D protein structures containing a given amino acid as a ligand.

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