20 Common Amino Acids

Question 1

Name the 6 aliphatic amino acids.

Answer 1

Alanine, Glycine, Leucine, Isoleucine, Proline, Valine

Question 2

Name the 3 aromatic amino acids.

Answer 2

Phenylalanine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine

Question 3

Name the 2 acidic amino acids.

Answer 3

Aspartic acid, Glutamic acid

Question 4

Name the 3 basic amino acids.

Answer 4

Arginine, Histidine, Lysine

Question 5

Name the 2 hydroxylic amino acids.

Answer 5

Serine, Threonine

Question 6

Name the 2 sulphur-containing amino acids.

Answer 6

Cysteine, Methionine

Question 7

Name the 21st and 22nd amino acids.

Answer 7

Selenocysteine, Hydroxyproline

Question 8

Name the 2 amidic amino acids.

Answer 8

Asparagine, Glutamine

Question 9

Name the single and three-letter code for Alanine.

Answer 9

A, Ala

Question 10

Name the single and three-letter code for Glycine.

Answer 10

G, Gly

Question 11

Name the single and three-letter code for Isoleucine.

Answer 11

I, Ile

Question 12

Name the single and three-letter code for Leucine.

Answer 12

L, Leu

Question 13

Name the single and three-letter code for Proline.

Answer 13

P, Pro

Question 14

Name the single and three-letter code for Valine.

Answer 14

V, Val

Question 15

Name the single and three-letter code for Phenylalanine.

Answer 15

F, Phe

Question 16

Name the single and three-letter code for Tryptophan.

Answer 16

W, Trp

Question 17

Name the single and three-letter code for Tyrosine.

Answer 17

Y, Tyr

Question 18

Name the single and three-letter code for Aspartic acid.

Answer 18

D, Asp

Question 19

Name the single and three-letter code for Glutamic acid.

Answer 19

E, Glu

Question 20

Name the single and three-letter code for Arginine.

Answer 20

R, Arg

Question 21

Name the single and three-letter code for Histidine.

Answer 21

H, His

Question 22

Name the single and three-letter code for Lysine.

Answer 22

K, Lys

Question 23

Name the single and three-letter code for Serine.

Answer 23

S, Ser

Question 24

Name the single and three-letter code for Threonine.

Answer 24

T, Thr

Question 25

Name the single and three-letter code for Cysteine.

Answer 25

C, Cys

Question 26

Name the single and three-letter code for Methionine.

Answer 26

M, Met

Question 27

Name the single and three-letter code for Asparagine.

Answer 27

N, Asn

Question 28

Name the single and three-letter code for Glutamine.

Answer 28

Q, Gln

Question 29

Name the single and three-letter code for Selenocysteine.

Answer 29

U, Sec

Question 30

Name the single and three-letter code for Hydroxyproline.

Answer 30

O, Hyp