The following table lists common one- and three- letter abbreviations for amino acid residues that you enter in the peptide Formula box in the Ranges dialog box.
One letter | Name | Formula | Three letter |
|---|---|---|---|
A | Alanine | C3H7NO2 | Ala |
C | Cysteine | C3H7NO2S | Cys |
D | Aspartic acid | C4H7NO4 | Asp |
E | Glutamic acid | C5H9NO4 | Glu |
F | Phenylalanine | C9H11NO2 | Phe |
G | Glycine | C2H5NO2 | Gly |
H | Histidine | C6H9N3O2 | His |
I | Isoleucine | C6H13NO2 | Ile |
K | Lysine | C6H14N2O2 | Lys |
L | Leucine | C6H13NO2 | Leu |
M | Methionine | C5H11NO2S | Met |
N | Asparagine | C4H8N2O3 | Asn |
P | Proline | C5H9NO2 | Pro |
Q | Glutamine | C5H10N2O3 | Gln |
R | Arginine | C6H14N4O2 | Arg |
S | Serine | C3H7NO3 | Ser |
T | Threonine | C4H9NO3 | Thr |
V | Valine | C5H11NO2 | Val |
W | Tryptophan | C11H12N2O2 | Trp |
Y | Tyrosine | C9H11NO3 | Tyr |