Hi Mungo,

The point of the Venn Diagram is that it shows amino acids to have multiple 
properties.  Threonine sits in the middle of the diagram and has the properties:

Polar, Hydrophobic, Small.


Simple classifications like the one you link to do not capture the fact that 
amino acids exhibit multiple physico-chemical properties.


Rob Russell developed the definitive online resource for amino acid properties: 
 See http://www.russelllab.org/aas/


Geoff.


On 01/11/2016 12:43, Mungo Carstairs (Staff) wrote:

The Venn Diagram (included in Jalview Help as Amino Acid Properties) says that 
it is.


Jalview code, and other reference sources, say it is hydrophilic.

e.g. http://p53.iarc.fr/AAProperties.aspx


Does the diagram need an update?


Thanks,


mungo


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