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Table 1 Shows the frequency of occurrence for each polar amino acid in the 233 conserved positions.

From: On the evolutionary conservation of hydrogen bonds made by buried polar amino acids: the hidden joists, braces and trusses of protein architecture

Amino Acid

Number

Arg

98

Asn

133

Asp

313

Cys

161

Gln

68

Glu

86

His

121

Lys

39

Ser

155

Thr

174

Trp

92

Tyr

144

  1. The analysis only considered conserved positions containing polar amino acids therefore the frequency of occurrence for non-polar amino acids is zero.