Amino acid symbols

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The following table contains a list of the amino acid single letter codes.
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The following table contains a list of the amino acid 1 and two letter codes.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Amino Acid
! Amino Acid
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! 3-Letter<ref name="Hausman" />
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! 3-Letter
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! 1-Letter<ref name="Hausman" />
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! 1-Letter
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! Side-chain polarity<ref name="Hausman">{{Cite book|author=Hausman, Robert E.; Cooper, Geoffrey M. |title=The cell: a molecular approach |publisher=ASM Press |location=Washington, D.C |year=2004 |page=51 |isbn=0-87893-214-3}}</ref>
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! Side-chain charge (pH 7.4)<ref name="Hausman" />
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! [[Hydropathy index]]<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Kyte J, Doolittle RF |title=A simple method for displaying the hydropathic character of a protein |journal=Journal of Molecular Biology |volume=157 |issue=1 |pages=105–32 |year=1982 |month=May |pmid=7108955 |doi=10.1016/0022-2836(82)90515-0}}</ref>
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! [[Absorbance]] λ<sub>max</sub>(nm)<ref name="Freifelder" />
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! ε at λ<sub>max</sub> (x10<sup>−3</sup> M<sup>−1</sup> cm<sup>−1</sup>)<ref name="Freifelder">{{Cite book| title=Physical Biochemistry| edition=2nd| author = Freifelder, D.| publisher=W. H. Freeman and Company| isbn=0-7167-1315-2 | year=1983}}{{Page needed|date=September 2010}}</ref>
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|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[Alanine]]
| [[Alanine]]
| Ala
| Ala
| A
| A
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| nonpolar
 
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| neutral
 
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| 1.8
 
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|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[Arginine]]
| [[Arginine]]
| Arg
| Arg
| R
| R
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| polar
 
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| positive
 
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| −4.5
 
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|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[Asparagine]]
| [[Asparagine]]
| Asn
| Asn
| N
| N
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| polar
 
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| neutral
 
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| −3.5
 
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|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[Aspartic acid]]
| [[Aspartic acid]]
| Asp
| Asp
| D
| D
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| polar
 
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| negative
 
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| −3.5
 
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|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[Cysteine]]
| [[Cysteine]]
| Cys
| Cys
| C
| C
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| polar
 
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| neutral
 
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| 2.5
 
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| 250
 
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| 0.3
 
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[Glutamic acid]]
| [[Glutamic acid]]
| Glu
| Glu
| E
| E
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| polar
 
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| negative
 
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| −3.5
 
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|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[Glutamine]]
| [[Glutamine]]
| Gln
| Gln
| Q
| Q
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| polar
 
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| neutral
 
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| −3.5
 
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|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[Glycine]]
| [[Glycine]]
| Gly
| Gly
| G
| G
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| nonpolar
 
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| neutral
 
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| −0.4
 
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|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[Histidine]]
| [[Histidine]]
| His
| His
| H
| H
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| polar
 
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| positive(10%)
 
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neutral(90%)
 
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| −3.2
 
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| 211
 
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| 5.9
 
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[Isoleucine]]
| [[Isoleucine]]
| Ile
| Ile
| I
| I
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| nonpolar
 
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| neutral
 
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| 4.5
 
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|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[Leucine]]
| [[Leucine]]
| Leu
| Leu
| L
| L
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| nonpolar
 
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| neutral
 
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| 3.8
 
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|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[Lysine]]
| [[Lysine]]
| Lys
| Lys
| K
| K
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| polar
 
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| positive
 
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| −3.9
 
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|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[Methionine]]
| [[Methionine]]
| Met
| Met
| M
| M
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| nonpolar
 
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| neutral
 
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| 1.9
 
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|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[Phenylalanine]]
| [[Phenylalanine]]
| Phe
| Phe
| F
| F
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| nonpolar
 
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| neutral
 
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| 2.8
 
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| 257, 206, 188
 
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| 0.2, 9.3, 60.0
 
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[Proline]]
| [[Proline]]
| Pro
| Pro
| P
| P
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| nonpolar
 
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| neutral
 
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| −1.6
 
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|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[Serine]]
| [[Serine]]
| Ser
| Ser
| S
| S
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| polar
 
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| neutral
 
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| −0.8
 
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|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[Threonine]]
| [[Threonine]]
| Thr
| Thr
| T
| T
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| polar
 
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| neutral
 
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| −0.7
 
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|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[Tryptophan]]
| [[Tryptophan]]
| Trp
| Trp
| W
| W
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| nonpolar
 
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| neutral
 
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| −0.9
 
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| 280, 219
 
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| 5.6, 47.0
 
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[Tyrosine]]
| [[Tyrosine]]
| Tyr
| Tyr
| Y
| Y
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| polar
 
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| neutral
 
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| −1.3
 
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| 274, 222, 193
 
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| 1.4, 8.0, 48.0
 
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[Valine]]
| [[Valine]]
| Val
| Val
| V
| V
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| nonpolar
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| neutral
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| 4.2
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Additional codes for amino acids coded by unusual translations:
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{| class="wikitable"
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! 21st and 22nd amino acids
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! 3-Letter
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! 1-Letter
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|- align="center"
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| [[Selenocysteine]]
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| Sec
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| U
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|- align="center"
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| [[Pyrrolysine]]
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| Pyl
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| O
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Revision as of 18:35, 20 December 2011

The following table contains a list of the amino acid 1 and two letter codes.

Amino Acid 3-Letter 1-Letter
Alanine Ala A
Arginine Arg R
Asparagine Asn N
Aspartic acid Asp D
Cysteine Cys C
Glutamic acid Glu E
Glutamine Gln Q
Glycine Gly G
Histidine His H
Isoleucine Ile I
Leucine Leu L
Lysine Lys K
Methionine Met M
Phenylalanine Phe F
Proline Pro P
Serine Ser S
Threonine Thr T
Tryptophan Trp W
Tyrosine Tyr Y
Valine Val V

Additional codes for amino acids coded by unusual translations:

21st and 22nd amino acids 3-Letter 1-Letter
Selenocysteine Sec U
Pyrrolysine Pyl O
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