Amino Acids

Glycine        Gly     G     H
Alanine        Ala     A     Me
Valine         Val     V     (CH3)2CH
Leucine        Leu     L     (CH3)2CHCH2
Isoleucine     Ile     I     CH3CH2CH(CH3)
Phenylalanine  Phe     F     PhCH2
Tyrosine       Tyr     Y     HOC6H4CH2
Tryptophan     Trp     W     Indole-CH2
Serine         Ser     S     HOCH2
Threonine      Thr     T     CH3CH(OH)
Methionine     Met     M     CH3SCH2CH2
Cysteine       Cys     C     HSCH2
Asparagine     Asn     N     H2NCOCH2
Glutamine      Gln     Q     H2NCOCH2CH2
Proline        Pro     P     -CH2CH2CH2
Aspartic acid  Asp     D     HOOCCH2
Glutamic acid  Glu     E     HOOCCH2CH2
Lysine         Lys     K     H2NCH2CH2CH2CH2
Arginine       Arg     R     H2NC(=NH)NHCH2CH2CH2
Histidine      His     H     Imidazole-CH2
amino acids

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