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Leucine, abbreviated as Leu or L, is one of the twenty common amino acids used by living organisms to build proteins. It is one of the non-polar, aliphatic, hydrophobic amino acids. In proteins, leucine is usually buried in a hydrophobic pocket within the protein structure sequestered away from the protein surface. Leucine is similar to the amino acids isoleucine and valine in both structure and function.