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Hydrophobic R-group
A non-polar amino acid side chain composed mainly of carbon and hydrogen atoms. Hydrophobic R-groups do not form hydrogen bonds with water and tend to be positioned in the interior of globular proteins or within the lipid bilayer of membrane proteins.
pH
pH is a measure of how acidic or basic a solution is, ranging from 0 (very acidic) to 14 (very basic).