Single letter amino acid codes

From The School of Biomedical Sciences Wiki
Revision as of 10:56, 8 November 2010 by 091118138 (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

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

If you who wish to test their knowledge of the single letter amino acid codes there is a little test available online (it gives random questions so you can try it as many times as you like). The test can be found at:

http://bms.ncl.ac.uk/quiz/amino/

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

Retrieved from "https://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/bms/wiki//index.php?title=Single_letter_amino_acid_codes&oldid=394"