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 Aminoacizii naturaliAminoacizii sunt  combinatii organice care contin in molecula una sau mai multe grupe amino si  una sau mai multe grupe carboxil. Dupa structura, amino-acizii se impart in  doua mari categorii: 1.   Alifatici:  unde grupele functionale sunt legate de o catena alifatica, chiar daca in  molecula exista un nucleu aromatic.
 2.   Aromatici:  unde grupele functionale sunt legate de un ciclu aromatic.
 Dupa asezarea relativa a  grupelor functionale se deosebesc α-amino-acizi, β-amino-acizi, γ-amino-acizi,  etc. Dintre  amino-acizii alifatici, cei mai importanti sunt α-amino-acizi, adica acei  amino-acizi care contin grupele functionale legate de acelasi atom de carbon.  Se deosebesc mai multe categorii mari de α-amino-acizi alifatici:1.   monocarboxilici
 2.   dicarboxilici
 3.   hidroxi-amino-acizi
 4.   tioamino-acizi
 5.   diamino-acizi
 6.   amino-acizi  heterociclici
              Denumirea        Prescurtarea     Formula   Amino-acizi  monocarboxilici Leucina (acidul α-aminoizocapronic)     Leu      CH3-CH-CH2-CH-COOH                  |                    |                CH3                 NH2     Izoleucina (acidul  α-amino-β-metilvalerianic)    Ileu      CH3-CH2-CH - CH-COOH                              |          |                            CH3      NH2
 Fenilalanina (acidul α-amino-β-fenil-propionic)  Fe                           -CH2-CH-COOH                                      |                                    NH2
 Glicocolul(glicina) (acidul aminoacetic)         Gli       CH2- COOH         |       NH2
 Alanina (acidul α-aminopropionic)        Ala      CH3-CH-COOH                   |                 NH2
 Valina (acidul α-aminoizovalerianic)     Val         CH3-CH  - CH-COOH                   |         |                 CH3       NH2
   Amino-acizi dicarboxilici Acidul asparagic (acidul aminosuccinic)         Asp       HOOC-CH2-CH-COOH                                     |                                   NH2    Acidul glutamic (acidul α-aminoglutaric)         Glu        HOOC-CH2-  CH2-CH-COOH                                                 |                                               NH2
   Hidroxi-amino-acizi Treonina (acidul  α-amino-β-hidroxibutiric)          Tr         CH3-CH - CH-COOH                  |           |                 OH      NH2    Tirosina (acidul α-amino-β-hidroxifenil-propionic)         Ti             HO                    -CH2-CH-COOH                                                 |                                               NH2
 Serina (acidul  α-amino-β-hidroxipropionic)           Ser        CH2 - CH-COOH        |         |        OH     NH2
 Tio-amino-acizi Cistina (acidul  di[α-amino-β-tiopropionic] )       Ci-S  Ci-S   HOOC-CH-CH2-S-S-- CH2-CH-COOH                       |                                            |                  NH2                                      NH2 Metionina (acidul α-amino-γ-metiltiobutiric)     Met    CH2- CH2-CH-COOH     |                     |      S -- CH3          NH2
 Cisteina (acidul  α-amino-β-tiopropionic)             Cis        CH2 - CH-COOH        |          | SH      NH2               Diamino-acizi Ornitina (acidul α,  δ-diaminovalerianic)              Or       CH2- CH2-CH2-CH-COOH       |                                 |    NH2                                        NH2  Lisina (acidul α,  ε-diaminocapronic)        Lis      CH2- CH2-CH2-CH2-CH-COOH      |                                            |   NH2                                                          NH2
 Amino-acizi heterociclici  Prolina (acidul pirolidin-α-carboxilic)     Pro                           H2C-  CH2                              |         |                          H2C       CH-COOH                               \       /                                 NH     Hidroxiprolina (acidul β-hidroxipirolidin-α-carboxilic)              Hipro                      HO-HC - CH2                                |            |                         H2C       CH-COOH                              \       /                                NH
 Histidina (acidul α-amino-β-imidazolil-(4)-propionic)  (imidazolil-(4)-alanina)        His           N - C - CH2-  CH-COOH          ||        ||                        |        HC      CH                NH2           \       /              NH
 Triptofanul (acidul α-amino-β-indolil-(3)-propionic)  (indolil-(3)-alanina)              Tri                                                                 - CH2-  CH-COOH                                              |                                            NH2
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