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Valine is an [[Amino acid|amino acid]] which has a large non-polar side chain -CH(CH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2 </sub><ref>Alberts, Bray, Hopkin, Johnson, Lewis, Raff, Roberts, Walter, 2010, Essential Cell Biology, Third Edition, New York, Garland Science</ref> | Valine is an [[Amino acid|amino acid]] which has a large non-polar side chain -CH(CH<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2 </sub><ref>Alberts, Bray, Hopkin, Johnson, Lewis, Raff, Roberts, Walter, 2010, Essential Cell Biology, Third Edition, New York, Garland Science</ref>. | ||
The [[Amino acid|amino acid]] Valine can be shortened to the three letter code ‘Val’ or a single letter code ‘V’. <br>The [[Codon|codons]] for the [[Amino acid|amino acid]] valine are GUU, GUC, GUA and GUG | The [[Amino acid|amino acid]] Valine can be shortened to the three letter code ‘Val’ or a single letter code ‘V’. <br>The [[Codon|codons]] for the [[Amino acid|amino acid]] valine are GUU, GUC, GUA and GUG <ref>Berg, Tymoczko, Stryer (2007) Biochemistry, 6th Edition, New York: W.H. Freeman and Company.</ref>. | ||
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Revision as of 13:30, 7 January 2011
Valine is an amino acid which has a large non-polar side chain -CH(CH3)2 [1].
The amino acid Valine can be shortened to the three letter code ‘Val’ or a single letter code ‘V’.
The codons for the amino acid valine are GUU, GUC, GUA and GUG [2].