Amino acids and their Abbreviations
The famous 20
| name | | three letter code | | one letter code | | structure |
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| alanine | | Ala | | A | | 
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| arginine | | Arg | | R | | 
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| asparagine | | Asn | | N | | 
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| aspartic acid | | Asp | | D | | 
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| cysteine | | Cys | | C | | 
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| glutamic acid | | Glu | | E | | 
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| glutamine | | Gln | | Q | | 
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| glycine | | Gly | | G | | 
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| histidine | | His | | H | | 
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| isoleucine | | Ile | | I | | 
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| leucine | | Leu | | L | | 
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| lysine | | Lys | | K | | 
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| methionine | | Met | | M | | 
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| phenylalanine | | Phe | | F | | 
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| proline | | Pro | | P | | 
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| serine | | Ser | | S | | 
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| threonine | | Thr | | T | | 
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| tryptophan | | Trp | | W | | 
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| tyrosine | | Tyr | | Y | | 
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| valine | | Val | | V | | 
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And some less famous relatives
| name | | three letter code | | one letter code | | structure |
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| selenocysteine | | Sec | | U | | 
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| pyrrolysine | | Pyl | | O | | 
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| homocysteine | | Hcy | | | | 
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last changes: 30.10.2009, HZ
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