Amino Acid Abbreviations Molecular Formula Linear Formula

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Amino acid Abbreviations Molecular formula Linear formula

Alanine Ala A C3H7NO2 CH3-CH(NH2)-COOH

Arginine Arg R C6H14N4O2 HN=C(NH2)-NH-(CH2)3-CH(NH2)-COOH

Asparagine Asn N C4H8N2O3 H2N-CO-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH

Aspartic acid Asp D C4H7NO4 HOOC-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH

Cysteine Cys C C3H7NO2S HS-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH

Glutamine Gln Q C5H10N2O3 H2N-CO-(CH2)2-CH(NH2)-COOH

Glutamic acid Glu E C5H9NO4 HOOC-(CH2)2-CH(NH2)-COOH

Glycine Gly G C2H5NO2 NH2-CH2-COOH

Histidine His H C6H9N3O2 NH-CH=N-CH=C-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH

Isoleucine Ile I C6H13NO2 CH3-CH2-CH(CH3)-CH(NH2)-COOH

Leucine Leu L C6H13NO2 (CH3)2-CH-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH

Lysine Lys K C6H14N2O2 H2N-(CH2)4-CH(NH2)-COOH

Methionine Met M C5H11NO2S CH3-S-(CH2)2-CH(NH2)-COOH

Phenylalanine Phe F C9H11NO2 Ph-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH

Proline Pro P C5H9NO2 NH-(CH2)3-CH-COOH

Serine Ser S C3H7NO3 HO-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH

Threonine Thr T C4H9NO3 CH3-CH(OH)-CH(NH2)-COOH

Tryptophan Trp W C11H12N2O2 Ph-NH-CH=C-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH

Tyrosine Tyr Y C9H11NO3 HO-Ph-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH

Valine Val V C5H11NO2 (CH3)2-CH-CH(NH2)-COOH

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