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Classification Summary

The table below summarizes RasMol's classification of the common amino acids.
The single-letter code indicates the Predefined Sets to which each amino acid belongs.

Three-letter abbreviations for the amino acids

Predefined SetA
L
A		A
R
G		A
S
N		A
S
P		C
Y
S		G
L
U		G
L
N		G
L
Y		H
I
S		I
L
E		L
E
U		L
Y
S		M
E
T		P
H
E		P
R
O		S
E
R		T
H
R		T
R
P		T
Y
R		V
A
L
acidic      D  E                           
acyclicARNDCEQG  ILKM    ST    V
aliphaticA            G  IL                V
aromatic                H        F      WY 
basic  R            H    K               
buriedA      C        IL  MF      W  V
charged  R  D  E    H    K               
cyclic                H        FP    WY 
hydrophobicA            G  IL  MFP    WY* V
large  R      EQ  HILKMF      WY 
medium    NDC                  P  T    V
negative      D  E                           
neutralA  N  C  QGHIL  MFPSTWYV
polar  RNDCEQ  H    K      ST     
positive  R            H    K               
smallA            G              S       
surface  RND  EQGH    K    PST  Y 
Note the following:
acidic = negative;
basic = positive;
surface = not buried;
polar = not hydrophobic; and
charged = acidic + basic.
Y* : tyrosine is hydrophobic, but it is not included in the hydrophobic predefined set by RasMol.

Which pairs of amino acids are identical in the RasMol classification scheme?

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