Comparison of Glycine and Arginine

3D Structural Comparison of Glycine and Arginine

Glycine	Arginine

Look at the amino acid backbone of glycine?	Look at amino acid backbone of arginine.
Which atoms are in the side chain of glycine?	Which atoms are in the side chain of arginine?
See glycine as it appears with its electron clouds shown as halos of dots.	See arginine as it appears with its electron clouds shown as halos of dots.
Reset view of glycine.	Reset view of arginine.

Looking at these two diagrams, do you see any additional differences between glycine and arginine that might alter the wild-type structure of the g subunit of the Na⁺/K⁺ ATPase?

3D Structure of all 20 Amino Acids