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Amino acid
Usually an α-amino acid, in which a carboxy and an amino (or imino) group are attached to the α-carbon; triple- and single-letter codes are shown:
| alanine | Ala | A |
| arginine | Arg | R |
| asparagine | Asn | N |
| aspartic acid | Asp | D |
| cysteine | Cys | C |
| glutamic acid | Glu | E |
| glutamine | Gln | Q |
| glycine | Gly | G |
| histidine | His | H |
| isoleucine | Ile | I |
| leucine | Leu | L |
| lysine | Lys | K |
| methionine | Met | M |
| phenylalanine | Phe | F |
| proline | Pro | P |
| serine | Ser | S |
| threonine | Thr | T |
| tryptophan | Trp | W |
| tyrosine | Tyr | Y |
| valine | Val | V |
| aspartic acid or asparagine | Asx | B |
| any residue that upon acid hydrolysis yieldsglutamic acid (Glu, Gln, Glp, Gla) | Glx | Z |
| 4-carboxyglutamic acid | Gla | |
| hydroxyproline | Hyp | |
| pyroglutamic acid | Pgl/Glu/Glp | pE |
| unknown or unspecified | Xaa |
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