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Table 2 Physicochemical property scales for naturally occurring amino acids.

From: An efficient visualization tool for the analysis of protein mutation matrices

Amino Acid

Hydrophilicity [12]

Size and Polarizability [12]

Charge and Polarity [13]

Ala (A)

0.24

-2.32

8.10

Arg (R)

3.52

2.5

10.5

Asn (N)

3.05

1.62

11.6

Asp (D)

3.98

0.93

13.0

Cys (C)

0.84

-1.67

5.5

Gln (Q)

1.75

0.5

10.5

Glu (E)

3.11

0.26

12.3

Gly (G)

2.05

-4.06

9.0

His (H)

2.47

1.95

10.4

Ile (I)

-3.89

-1.73

5.2

Leu (L)

-4.28

-1.3

4.9

Lys (K)

2.29

0.89

11.3

Met (M)

-2.85

-0.22

5.7

Phe (F)

-4.22

1.94

5.2

Pro (P)

-1.66

0.27

8.0

Ser (S)

2.39

-1.07

9.2

Thr (T)

0.75

-2.18

8.6

Trp (W)

-4.36

3.94

5.4

Tyr (Y)

-2.54

2.44

6.2

Val (V)

-2.59

-2.64

5.9