Amino Acids

The codes and structures for the 20 canonical amino acids

What are the 6 types of amino acid?

Aliphatic

Aromatic

Basic

Acidic

Polar

Other

What are the aliphatic amino acids?

Alanine

Valine

Leucine

Isoleucine

Methionine

What are the aromatic amino acids?

Phenylalanine

Tyrosine

Tryptophan

What are the basic amino acids?

Lysine

Arginine

Histidine

What are the acidic amino acids?

Aspartic acid

Glutamic acid

What are the polar amino acids?

Cysteine

Serine

Threonine

Asparagine

Glutamine

What amino acid is partially charged, so can sometimes be considered to be polar?

Histidine

What are the unique amino acids?

Glycine

Proline

What is the three letter code for alanine?

Ala

What is the three letter code for valine?

Val

What is the three letter code for leucine?

Leu

What is the three letter code for isoleucine?

Ile

What is the three letter code for methionine?

Met

What is the three letter code for phenyalanine?

Phe

What is the three letter code for tyrosine?

Tyr

What is the three letter code for tryptophan?

Trp

What is the three letter code for glycine?

Gly

What is the three letter code for proline?

Pro

What is the three letter code for lysine?

Lys

What is the three letter code for arginine?

Arg

What is the three letter code for histidine?

His

What is the three letter code for aspartic acid?

Asp

What is the three letter code for glutamic acid?

Glu

What is the three letter code for cysteine?

Cys

What is the three letter code for serine?

Ser

What is the three letter code for threonine?

Thr

What is the three letter code for asparagine?

Asn

What is the three letter code for glutamine?

Gln

What is the one letter code for alanine?

A

What is the one letter code for valine?

V

What is the one letter code for leucine?

L

What is the one letter code for isoleucine?

I

What is the one letter code for methionine

M

What is the one letter code for phenylalanine?

F

What is the one letter code for tyrosine?

Y

What is the one letter code for tryptophan?

W

What is the one letter code for glycine?

G

What is the one letter code for proline?

P

What is the one letter code for lysine?

K

What is the one letter code for arginine?

R

What is the one letter code for histidine?

H

What is the one letter code for aspartic acid?

D

What is the one letter code for glutamic acid?

E

What is the one letter code for cysteine?

C

What is the one letter code for serine?

S

What is the one letter code for threonine?

T

What is the one letter code for asparagine?

N

What is the one letter code for glutamine?

Q

What type of amino acid is alanine?

aliphatic

What type of amino acid is valine?

Aliphatic

What type of amino acid is leucine?

aliphatic

What type of amino acid is isoleucine?

aliphatic

What type of amino acid is methionine?

aliphatic

What type of amino acid is phenylalanine?

aromatic

What type of amino acid is tyrosine?

aromatic

What type of amino acid is tryptophan?

aromatic

What type of amino acid is proline?

Unique

What type of amino acid is glycine?

unique

What type of amino acid is lysine?

basic

What type of amino acid is arginine?

basic

What type of amino acid is histidine?

basic

What type of amino acid is aspartic acid?

acidic

What type of amino acid is glutamic acid?

acidic

What type of amino acid is cysteine?

polar

What type of amino acid is serine?

polar

What type of amino acid is threonine?

polar

What type of amino acid is asparagine?

polar

What type of amino acid is glutamine?

polar

What is the structure of alanine?

What is the structure of valine?

What is the structure of leucine?

What is the structure of isoleucine?

What is the structure of methionine?

What is the structure of phenylalanine?

What is the structure of tyrosine?

What is the structure of tryptophan?

What is the structure of glycine?

What is the structure of proline?

What is the structure of lysine?

What is the structure of arginine?

What is the structure of histidine?

What is the structure of aspartic acid?

What is the structure of glutamic acid?

What is the structure of cysteine?

What is the structure of serine?

What is the structure of threonine?

What is the structure of asparagine?

What is the structure of glutamine?