McMurry Table 26-1: The 20 Common Amino Acids in Proteins

Amino Acid pKa of α-COOH pKa of α-NH3+ pKa of Side Chain Isoelectric Point (pI)
Alanine 2.34 9.69 - 6.01
Asparagine 2.02 8.80 - 5.41
Cysteine 1.96 10.28 8.18 5.07
Glutamine 2.17 9.13 - 5.65
Glycine 2.34 9.60 - 5.97
Isoleucine 2.36 9.60 - 6.02
Leucine 2.36 9.60 - 5.98
Methionine 2.28 9.21 - 5.74
Phenylalanine 1.83 9.13 - 5.48
Proline 1.99 10.60 - 6.30
Serine 2.21 9.15 - 5.68
Threonine 2.09 9.10 - 5.60
Tryptophan 2.83 9.39 - 5.89
Tyrosine 2.20 9.11 10.07 5.66
Valine 2.32 9.62 - 5.96
Aspartic acid 1.88 9.60 3.65 2.77
Glutamic acid 2.19 9.67 4.25 3.22
Arginine 2.17 9.04 12.48 10.76
Histidine 1.82 9.17 6.00 7.59
Lysine 2.18 8.95 10.53 9.74