Amino Acid Codes

Name the amino acids that are represented by the single letter code.

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Code	Code	Amino Acid
C	Cys	Cysteine
F	Phe	Phenylalanine
G	Gly	Glycine
W	Trp	Tryptophan
L	Leu	Leucine
Z	Glx	Glutamic Acid or Glutamine
D	Asp	Aspartic Acid
H	His	Histidine
P	Pro	Proline
U	Sec	Selenocysteine
V	Val	Valine
K	Lys	Lysine
N	Asn	Asparagine

Code	Code	Amino Acid
T	Thr	Threonine
I	Ile	Isoleucine
B	Asx	Aspartic Acid or Asparagine
X	Xaa	Undetermined or atypical
R	Arg	Arginine
E	Glu	Glutamic Acid
A	Ala	Alanine
Y	Tyr	Tyrosine
J	Xle	Leucine or Isoleucine
O	Pyl	Pyrrolysine
M	Met	Methionine
Q	Gln	Glutamine
S	Ser	Serine