Amino acids

Amino acid name

Three letter code

Letter

Hydrophobic amino acids

Valine

Val

V

Leucine

Leu

L

Glycine

Gly

G

Alanine

Ala

A

Phenylalanine

Phe

F

Isoleucine

Ile

I

Proline

Pro

P

Methionine

Met

M

Tryptophan

Trp

W

Uncharged polar amino acids

Asparagine

Asp

N

Serine

Ser

S

Cysteine

Cys

C

Glutamine

Gln

Q

Tyrosine

Tyr

Y

Threonine

Thr

T

Negatively charged amino acids

Lysine

Lys

K

Arginine

Arg

R

Histidine

His

H

Positively charged amino acids

Aspartate

Asp

D

Glutamate

Glu

E