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Amino Acids
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Asn N Asparagi<b>n</b>e | Asn N Asparagi<b>n</b>e | ||
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Asp D Aspartic acid <br> (mnemonic: aspar<b>D</b>ic) | Asp D Aspartic acid <br> (mnemonic: aspar<b>D</b>ic) | ||
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Glu E Glutamic acid<br> (mnemonic: glu<b>E</b>tamic) | Glu E Glutamic acid<br> (mnemonic: glu<b>E</b>tamic) | ||
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Gly G <b>G</b>lycine | Gly G <b>G</b>lycine | ||
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Ile I <b>I</b>soleucine | Ile I <b>I</b>soleucine | ||
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Leu L <b>L</b>eucine | Leu L <b>L</b>eucine | ||
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Pro P <b>P</b>roline | Pro P <b>P</b>roline | ||
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Tyr Y T<b>y</b>rosine | Tyr Y T<b>y</b>rosine | ||
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Val V <b>V</b>aline | Val V <b>V</b>aline | ||
Revision as of 15:59, 5 June 2008
For a general introduction to amino acids, please see Amino Acids in Wikipedia.
Here are the names of the twenty standard amino acids, with their three and one-letter abbreviations. Mnemonic names may help you to remember the one-letter codes, but are not the correct names.
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Ala A Alanine
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Gln Q Glutamine |
Leu L Leucine
Lys K Lysine |
Ser S Serine
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