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Amino Acid Abbreviations
Amino Acid Abbreviations
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Amino Acid Abbreviations

Alfa Chemistry provides a list of amino acid abbreviations for you to review. In the table below you can also learn the properties of amino acids so that you can complete your project quickly and accurately.

Name3-Letter1-LetterCharged or NotMolecular WeightHydrophilicity/Hydrophobicity
AlanineAlaANo89.1Hydrophobic
CysteineCysCNo121.2Neutral
Aspartic acidAspDNegatively charged133.1Hydrophilic
Glutamic acidGluENegatively charged147.1Hydrophilic
PhenylalaninePheFNo165.2Hydrophobic
GlycineGlyGNo75.1Neutral
HistidineHisHPositively charged155.2Hydrophilic
IsoleucineIleINo131.2Hydrophobic
LysineLysKPositively charged146.2Hydrophilic
LeucineLeuLNo131.2Hydrophobic
MethionineMetMNo149.2Hydrophobic
AsparagineAsnNNo132.1Hydrophilic
ProlineProPNo115.1Hydrophobic
GlutamineGlnQNo146.2Hydrophilic
ArginineArgRPositively charged174.2Hydrophilic
SerineSerSNo105.1Hydrophilic
ThreonineThrTNo119.1Hydrophilic
ValineValVNo117.1Hydrophobic
TryptophanTrpWNo204.2Hydrophobic
TyrosineTyrYNo181.2Hydrophobic