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1
Q

alanine

A

Ala

A

2
Q

arginine

A

Arg

R

3
Q

asparagine

A

Asn

N

4
Q

aspartic acid

A

aspartate
Asp
D

5
Q

cysteine

A

Cys

C

6
Q

glutamic acid

A

glutamate
Glu
E

7
Q

Glutamine

A

Gln

Q

8
Q

glycine

A

gly

g

9
Q

histidine

A

his

h

10
Q

isoleucine

A

ile

i

11
Q

leucine

A

leu

L

12
Q

lysine

A

lys

k

13
Q

methionine

A

met

m

14
Q

phenylalanine

A

phe

f

15
Q

proline

A

pro

p

16
Q

serine

A

ser

s

17
Q

threonine

A

thr

t

18
Q

tryptophan

A

trp

w

19
Q

tyrosine

A

tyr

y

20
Q

valine

A

val

v

21
Q

name the amino acids in order

A
alanine
arginine
asparagine
aspartic acid
cysteine
glutamic acid
glutamine
glycine
histidine
isoleucine
leucine
lysine
methionine
phenylalanine
proline
serine
threonine
tryptophan
tyrosine
valine
22
Q

how many amino acids are there?

A

there are 20 amino acids in eukaryote proteins

23
Q

ala

A

alanine

24
Q

arg

A

arginine

25
Q

asn

A

asparagine

26
Q

asp

A

aspartic acid

27
Q

cys

A

cysteine

28
Q

glu

A

glutamic acid

29
Q

gln

A

glutamine

30
Q

gly

A

glycine

31
Q

his

A

histidine

32
Q

ile

A

isoleucine

33
Q

leu

A

leucine

34
Q

lys

A

lysine

35
Q

met

A

methionine

36
Q

phe

A

phenylalanine

37
Q

pro

A

proline

38
Q

ser

A

serine

39
Q

thr

A

threonine

40
Q

trp

A

tryptophan

41
Q

tyr

A

tyrosine

42
Q

val

A

valine

43
Q

a

A

alanine

44
Q

r

A

arginine

45
Q

n

A

asparagine

46
Q

d

A

aspartic acid

47
Q

c

A

cysteine

48
Q

e

A

glutamic acid

49
Q

Q

A

GLUTAMINE

50
Q

G

A

GLYCINE

51
Q

H

A

HISTIDINE

52
Q

I

A

ISOLEUCINE

53
Q

L

A

LEUCINE

54
Q

K

A

LYSINE

55
Q

M

A

METHIONINE

56
Q

F

A

PHENYLALANINE

57
Q

P

A

PROLINE

58
Q

S

A

SERINE

59
Q

T

A

THREONINE

60
Q

W

A

TRYPTOPHAN

61
Q

Y

A

TYROSINE

62
Q

V

A

VALINE