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. 2021 Jun 15;22(12):6393. doi: 10.3390/ijms22126393

Table 5.

Values of the 12 physicochemical property scales of the 20 essential amino acids.

AA H11 * H12 * H2 NCI P11 * P12 * P2 SASA V F A1 E T A2
A 0.62 2.1 −0.5 0.007 8.1 0 0.046 1.181 27.5 −1.27 0.49 15 −0.8 1.064
C 0.29 1.4 −1.0 −0.037 5.5 1.48 0.128 1.461 44.6 −1.09 0.26 5 0.83 1.412
D −0.9 10.0 3.0 −0.024 13.0 40.7 0.105 1.587 40.0 1.42 0.78 50 1.65 0.866
E −0.74 7.8 3.0 0.007 12.3 49.91 0.151 1.862 62.0 1.6 0.84 55 −0.92 0.851
F 1.19 −9.2 −2.5 0.038 5.2 0.35 0.29 2.228 115.5 −2.14 0.42 10 0.18 1.091
G 0.48 5.7 0.0 0.179 9.0 0 0 0.881 0 1.86 0.48 10 −0.55 0.874
H −0.4 2.1 −0.5 −0.011 10.4 3.53 0.23 2.025 79.0 −0.82 0.84 56 0.11 1.105
I 1.38 −8.0 −1.8 0.022 5.2 0.15 0.186 1.81 93.5 −2.89 0.34 13 −1.53 1.152
K −1.5 5.7 3.0 0.018 11.3 49.5 0.219 2.258 100 2.88 0.97 85 −1.06 0.93
L 1.06 −9.2 −1.8 0.052 4.9 0.45 0.186 1.931 93.5 −2.29 0.4 16 −1.01 1.25
M 0.64 −4.2 −1.3 0.003 5.7 1.43 0.221 2.034 94.1 −1.84 0.48 20 −1.48 0.826
N −0.78 7.0 2.0 0.005 11.6 3.38 0.134 1.655 58.7 1.77 0.81 49 3.0 0.776
P 0.12 2.1 0.0 0.240 8.0 0 0.131 1.468 41.9 0.52 0.49 15 −0.8 1.064
Q −0.85 6.0 0.2 0.049 10.5 3.53 0.18 1.932 80.7 1.18 0.84 56 0.11 1.015
R −2.53 4.2 3.0 0.044 10.5 52.0 0.291 2.56 105 2.79 0.95 67 −1.15 0.873
S −0.18 6.5 0.3 0.005 9.2 1.67 0.062 1.298 29.3 3.0 0.65 32 1.34 1.012
T −0.05 5.2 −0.4 0.003 8.6 1.66 0.108 1.525 51.3 1.18 0.7 32 0.27 0.909
V 1.08 −3.7 −1.5 0.057 5.9 0.13 0.14 1.645 71.5 −1.75 0.36 14 −0.83 1.383
W 0.81 −10 −3.4 0.038 5.4 2.1 0.409 2.663 145.5 −3.78 0.51 17 −0.97 0.893
Y 0.26 −1.9 −2.3 117.3 6.2 1.61 0.298 2.368 0.024 −3.3 0.76 41 −0.29 1.161

H11 and H12: hydrophobicity; H2: hydrophilicity; NCI: net charge index of side chains; P11 and P12: polarity; P2: polarizability; SASA: solvent-accessible surface area; V: volume of side chains; F: flexibility; A1: accessibility; E: exposed; T: turns; A2: antigenic. * Hydrophobicity (H11 and H12) and polarity (P11 and P12) were calculated using two methods.