Amino Acid Single Letter Code
The table below gives:
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• The names of the 20 common
amino acids
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• The corresponding 3 letter abbreviation |
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• The single letter code for the amino acid |
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Alanine |
Ala |
A |
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Arginine |
Arg |
R |
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Asparagine |
Asn |
N |
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Aspartic Acid |
Asp |
D |
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Cysteine |
Cys |
C |
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Glutamine |
Gln |
Q |
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Glutamic Acid |
Glu |
E |
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Glycine |
Gly |
G |
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Histidine |
His |
H |
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Isoleucine |
Ile |
I |
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Leucine |
Leu |
L |
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Lysine |
Lys |
K |
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Methionine |
Met |
M |
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Phenylalanine |
Phe |
F |
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Proline |
Pro |
P |
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Serine |
Ser |
S |
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Threonine |
Thr |
T |
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Tryptophan |
Trp |
W |
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Tyrosine |
Tyr |
Y |
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Valine |
Val |
V |