The amino acids have single and three-letter codes and these are worth learning for your degree.
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 |
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