Common Amino Acids and Their Codons

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Structure Name 3 Letter Code Single Letter Code Codon
structure of glycine Glycine Gly G GGU
GGC
GGA
GGG
structure of alanine Alanine Ala A GCU
GCC
GCA
GCG
structure of valine Valine Val V GUU
GUC
GUA
GUG
structure of leucine Leucine Leu L UUA
UUG
CUU
CUC
CUA
CUG
structure of isoleucine Isoleucine Ile I AUU
AUC
AUA
structure of serine Serine Ser S UCU
UCC
UCA
UCG
AGU
AGC
structure of threonine Threonine Thr T ACU
ACC
ACA
ACG
structure of aspartic acid Aspartic Acid Asp D GAU
GAC
structure of glutamic acid Glutamic Acid Glu E GAA
GAG
structure of asparagine Asparagine Asn N AAU
AAC
structure of glutamine Glutamine Gln Q CAA
CAG
structure of lysine Lysine Lys K AAA
AAG
structure of arginine Arginine Arg R CGU
CGC
CGA
CGG
AGA
AGG
structure of histidine Histidine His H CAU
CAC
structure of phenylalanine Phenylalanine Phe F UUU
UUC
structure of cysteine Cysteine Cys C UGU
UGC
structure of tryptophane Tryptophan Trp W UGG
structure of tyrosine Tyrosine Tyr Y UAU
UAC
structure of methionine Methionine Met M AUG
structure of proline Proline Pro P CCU
CCC
CCA
CCG




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