Table 1. The physicochemical and biochemical properties of the 20 amino acids.
Amino Acid | Polarity | Secondary structure | Molecular volume | Codon diversity | Electrostatic charge |
A | −0.591 | −1.302 | −0.733 | 1.57 | −0.146 |
C | −1.343 | 0.465 | −0.862 | −1.02 | −0.255 |
D | 1.05 | 0.302 | −3.656 | −0.259 | −3.242 |
E | 1.357 | −1.453 | 1.477 | 0.113 | −0.837 |
F | −1.006 | −0.59 | 1.891 | −0.397 | 0.412 |
G | −0.384 | 1.652 | 1.33 | 1.045 | 2.064 |
H | 0.336 | −0.417 | −1.673 | −1.474 | −0.078 |
I | −1.239 | −0.547 | 2.131 | 0.393 | 0.816 |
K | 1.831 | −0.561 | 0.533 | −0.277 | 1.648 |
L | −1.019 | −0.987 | −1.505 | 1.266 | −0.912 |
M | −0.663 | −1.524 | 2.219 | −1.005 | 1.212 |
N | 0.945 | 0.828 | 1.299 | −0.169 | 0.933 |
P | 0.189 | 2.081 | −1.628 | 0.421 | −1.392 |
Q | 0.931 | −0.179 | −3.005 | −0.503 | −1.853 |
R | 1.538 | −0.055 | 1.502 | 0.44 | 2.897 |
S | −0.228 | 1.399 | −4.76 | 0.67 | −2.647 |
T | −0.032 | 0.326 | 2.213 | 0.908 | 1.313 |
V | −1.337 | −0.279 | −0.544 | 1.242 | −1.262 |
W | −0.595 | 0.009 | 0.672 | −2.128 | −0.184 |
Y | 0.26 | 0.83 | 3.097 | −0.838 | 1.512 |
Listed below are the scores of the physicochemical and biochemical properties of the 20 amino acids, each of which can be coded by a 5-dimensional vector.