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The single letter amino acid codes are fairly easy to remember. In eleven cases it is just the first letter.  
The single letter amino acid codes are fairly easy to remember. In eleven cases it is just the first letter.  


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For those of you who wish to test their knowledge of the single letter amino acid codes I have put together a little test (it gives random questions so you can try it as many times as you like).  
For those of you who wish to test their knowledge of the single letter amino acid codes I have put together a little test (it gives random questions so you can try it as many times as you like).  



Revision as of 12:17, 3 August 2010

The single letter amino acid codes are fairly easy to remember. In eleven cases it is just the first letter.


A Ala Alanine
C Cys Cysteine
G Gly Glycine
H His Histidine
I Ile Isoleucine
L Leu Leucine
M Met Methionine
P Pro Proline
S Ser Serine
T Thr Threonine
V Val Valine

And in 9 cases it not:

D Asp Aspartate
E Glu Glutamate
F Phe Phenylalanine
K Lys Lysine
N Asn Asparagine
Q Gln Glutamine
R Arg Arginine
W Trp Tryptophan
Y Tyr Tyrosine

For those of you who wish to test their knowledge of the single letter amino acid codes I have put together a little test (it gives random questions so you can try it as many times as you like).

The test can be found at:

<a href="http://bms.ncl.ac.uk/quiz/amino/">http://bms.ncl.ac.uk/quiz/amino/</a>

(Please note: it can only be accessed on campus, through ras or whilst using vpn.)