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Gillians Amino Acids
the structures of amino acids and their names
Amino Acid | Three Letter | One Letter | Structure |
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Alanine | ala | a | CH3-CH(NH2)-COOH |
Arginine | arg | r | HN=C(NH2)-NH-(CH2)3-CH(NH2)-COOH |
Asparagine | asn | n | H2N-CO-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH |
Aspartic acid | asp | d | HOOC-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH |
Cysteine | cys | c | HS-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH |
Glutamine | gln | q | H2N-CO-(CH2)2-CH(NH2)-COOH |
Glutamic acid | glu | e | HOOC-(CH2)2-CH(NH2)-COOH |
Glycine | gly | g | NH2-CH2-COOH |
Histidine | his | h | NH-CH=N-CH=C-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH |
Isoleucine | ile | i | CH3-CH2-CH(CH3)-CH(NH2)-COOH |
Leucine | leu | l | (CH3)2-CH-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH |
Lysine | lys | k | H2N-(CH2)4-CH(NH2)-COOH |
Methionine | met | m | CH3-S-(CH2)2-CH(NH2)-COOH |
Phenylalanine | phe | f | Ph-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH |
Proline | pro | p | NH-(CH2)3-CH-COOH |
Serine | ser | s | HO-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH |
Threonine | thr | t | CH3-CH(OH)-CH(NH2)-COOH |
Tryptophan | trp | w | Ph-NH-CH=C-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH |
Tyrosine | tyr | y | HO-p-Ph-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH |
Valine | val | v | (CH3)2-CH-CH(NH2)-COOH |