Biochemistry 1: Identifying Amino Acids by Symbol

Alanine

A or Ala

Arginine

R or Arg

Asparagine

N or Asn

Aspartic Acid

D or Asp

Cysteine

C or Cys

Glutamic acid

E or Glu

Glutamine

Q or Gln

Glycine

G or Gly

Histidine

H or His

Isoleucine

I or Ile

Leucine

L or Leu

Lysine

K or Lys

Methionine

M or Met

Phenylalanine

F or Phe

Proline

P or Pro

Serine

S or Ser

Threonine

T or Thr

Tryptophan

W or Trp

Tyrosine

Y or Tyr

Valine

V or Val