氨基酸与蛋白质.pptVIP

For the remaining 5 amino acids, Dr. Dayhoff was reaching somewhat to find an easy-to-remember connection between the single letter and the amino acid.? She assigned aspartic acid, asparagine, glutamic acid and glutamine the letters D, N, E and Q, respectively, noting that D and N are nearer the beginning of the alphabet than E and Q, and that Asp is smaller than Glu, while Asn is smaller than Gln.? Amino Acid 3 letter code Single letter code Explanation Aspartic AcidAsparagineGlutamic AcidGlutamine AspAsnGluGln DNEQ asparDicContains N (or asparagiN)gluE (or glutamEke)Q-tamine B