Amino Acids: Difference between revisions
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Here are the names of the twenty standard amino acids, with their three and one-letter<ref>A one-letter notation for amino acid sequences (definitive rules). IUPAC—IUB Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature, pages 639-645, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and International Union of Biochemistry, Butterworths, London, 1971. [http://pac.iupac.org/publications/pac/pdf/1972/pdf/3104x0639.pdf Full Text].</ref> abbreviations. Mnemonic names are intended to help you to remember the one-letter codes, but are not the correct names. | Here are the names of the twenty standard amino acids, with their three and one-letter<ref>A one-letter notation for amino acid sequences (definitive rules). IUPAC—IUB Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature, pages 639-645, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and International Union of Biochemistry, Butterworths, London, 1971. [http://pac.iupac.org/publications/pac/pdf/1972/pdf/3104x0639.pdf Full Text].</ref> abbreviations. Mnemonic names are intended to help you to remember the one-letter codes, but are not the correct names. | ||
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Click on the image below to see it full size. It shows the 20 amino acids plus one unusual amino acid, [[selenocysteine]]. | Click on the image below to see it full size. It shows the 20 amino acids plus one unusual amino acid, [[selenocysteine]]. | ||
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There is also a [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/101/static101.do?p=education_discussion/Looking-at-Structures/sequence.html list of standard amino acids] at the Protein Data Bank. | There is also a [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/101/static101.do?p=education_discussion/Looking-at-Structures/sequence.html list of standard amino acids] at the Protein Data Bank. | ||
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