Lysine

Know your Amino Acids fact sheet:

Full name	Lysine
3 letter name	Lys
1 letter name	K

What you see:	What a biochemist sees:


Speciality	–
Sources (animal)	Meats, chicken, fish, eggs, milk
Sources (plant)	Beans, quinoa, amaranth

Chemical formula	C₆H₁₄N₂O₂
Essential	X
Non-essential	–

Hydrophobic	–
Hydrophilic (neutral)	–
(positive)	X
(negative)	–

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