Amino Acids

1. Progressive seq alignment

2. CLUSTALW scoring scheme

3. CLUSTALW scoring scheme

4. Iterated methods

5. Amino acids
Proteins are dehydration polymers of amino acids
All 20 common amino acids are α-amino acids
They differ from each other in their side chains, or R groups

6. Stereoisomerism

7. Classification

8. Classification

9. Classification

10. Classification

11. Classification

12. Structural hierarchy