80 IMMUNO-CATALYSIS 



Table I 



AMINO ACIDS WHICH YIELD BASIC, ACIDIC, POLAR AND 

 HYDROPHOBIC SIDE GROUPS IN THE PROTEIN MOLECULES 



Name of amino acid Structural formula 



Amino Acids With Basic Side Groups 



NH2 

 lC + )-Lysine(a-e-diamina-caproic HOOC-C-(CH.)4-NH. 



acid} I 



H 



NH2 H 



l(+)-ArginineC8-guanido-a-amino- hOOC-C-(CH.)3-N-C = NH 

 valeric acid J 1 1 



H NH2 



NH2 



I 



ir A u- .-J- ro ■ -A } ■ HOGG— C— CH2— C===CH 



IQ— J-Histidine C/3-imidazol-a-amino- , 1 1 



propionic acid) . n ^ Nh 



GH 



Amino Acids With Acidic Side Groups 



NH2 



lC + )-Glutamic acid (a-amino-glu- HOOG-C-GH2-CH2-GOOH 



taric acid) 1 



H 



NH2 

 1 C-)-Aspartic acid (a-amino-succinic HOOG-C-GH2-GOOH 

 acid) I 



H 



NH2 



I(-)-Tyrosine (^-p-hyroxy-phenyl ^^qq^— c_C— < )— OH 



o-amino-propionic acid) 1 1 



H H 



NH2 

 1(— )-Cysteine C/3-thiol-a-amino-pro- hOOG— C— GH — S— H 

 pionic acid) 1 



H 



