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Saturday, 2 June 2007

How To Memorise The 20 Amino Acid's Name ??

Alright ... It's been something bothering to me about these 20 amino acid group found in Chapter 1 , protein part ..

So I've ask around and some people in Cari shared this good technique with me !! Yay !!

First , the 20 amino acids are classified into 4 groups :
  1. The Polar Group
  2. The Non-polar Group
  3. The Acidic Group
  4. The Basic Group
The Polar group's name can be memorised in such a way :

Sir glu sister to tree , Sir tired of asparagus .

  • Sir = serine ( Ser )
  • glu = glutamine ( Glu )
  • sister = cysteine ( Cys )
  • to has no meaning here.
  • tree = threonine ( Thr )
  • tired = tyrosine ( Tyr )
  • of has no meaning here.
  • asparagus = asparagine ( Asn )
The Basic Group amino acids can be memorised with :

His Li-ar.

  • His = histidine ( His )
  • Li = lysine ( Lys )
  • ar = arginine ( Arg )
The Acidic Group Amino Acids can be memorised with :

Glue it's Ass.

  • Glue = Glutamic Acid ( Glu )
  • it's has no meaning here .
  • Ass = Aspartic Acids ( Asp )
The remaining are the Non-Polar Group Amino Acids...Which i still can't find a way to remember. ( Will be found very soon ... I'm working hard on it. )