Symbols of nucleotides and aminoacids

 Table 1: Abbreviations (Code) used for nucleotides

IUPAC nucleotide code

Base

A

Adenine

C

Cytosine

G

Guanine

T (or U)

Thymine (or Uracil)

R

A or G

Y

C or T

S

G or C

W

A or T

K

G or T

M

A or C

B

C or G or T

D

A or G or T

H

A or C or T

V

A or C or G

N

any base

. or -

gap

 

Table 2: Abbreviations (Code) used for amino acids

IUPAC amino acid code

Three letter code

Amino acid

A

Ala

Alanine

C

Cys

Cysteine

D

Asp

Aspartic Acid

E

Glu

Glutamic Acid

F

Phe

Phenylalanine

G

Gly

Glycine

H

His

Histidine

I

Ile

Isoleucine

K

Lys

Lysine

L

Leu

Leucine

M

Met

Methionine

N

Asn

Asparagine

P

Pro

Proline

Q

Gln

Glutamine

R

Arg

Arginine

S

Ser

Serine

T

Thr

Threonine

V

Val

Valine

W

Trp

Tryptophan

Y

Tyr

Tyrosine

 

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