Amino Acids
Database
Reference Tags
Amino acids commonly found in peptides and proteins
| Abbreviation | Name | |
| Ala | A | Alanine |
| Arg | R | Arginine |
| Asn | N | asparagine |
| Asp | D | aspartic acid |
| Cys | C | cysteine |
| Glu | E | glutamic acid |
| Gln | Q | glutamine |
| Gly | G | glycine |
| His | H | histidine |
| Ile | I | isoleucine |
| Leu | L | leucine |
| Lys | K | Lysine |
| Met | M | methionine |
| Phe | F | phenylalanine |
| Pro | P | proline |
| Ser | S | serine |
| Thr | T | Threonine |
| Trp | W | tryptophan |
| Tyr | Y | tyrosine |
| Val | V | valine |
Other amino acids
| Abbreviation | Name |
| ßAad | 3-aminoadipicacid |
| Aad | 2-aminoadipicacid |
| A2bu | 2,4-diaminobutyricacid |
| Abu | 2-aminobutanoicacid |
| ?Ahx | 6-aminohexanoicacid |
| Ahx | 2-aminohexanoicacid (norleucine) |
| 2-MeAla | 2-methylalanine |
| ßAla | ß-alanine |
| Ape | 2-aminopentanoicacid (norvaline) |
| A2pm | 2,6-diaminopimelicacid |
| Apm | 2-aminopimelicacid |
| A2pr | 2,3-diaminopropionicacid |
| Asp(NH2) | asparagine |
| Asx | asparagineor aspartic acid |
| Avl | 2-aminopentanoicacid (norvaline) |
| Cit | Citruline |
| Cya | cysteicacid |
| Dab | 2,4-diaminobutyricacid |
| Dpm | 2,6-diaminopimelicacid |
| Dpr | 2,3-diaminopropionicacid |
| Gla | 4-carboxyglutamicacid |
| Glp | 5-oxoproline(pyroglutamic acid) |
| pGlu | 5-oxoproline(pyroglutamic acid) |
| <Glu | 5-oxoproline(pyroglutamic acid) |
| Glu(NH2) | glutamine |
| Glx | glutamineor glutamic acid |
| Hcy | homocysteine |
| Hse | homoserine |
| Hsl | Homoserinelactone |
| Hyl | 5-hydroxylysine |
| 5Hyl | 5-hydroxylysine |
| Hyp | 4-hydroxyproline |
| 4Hyp | 4-hydroxyproline |
| aIle | alloisoleucine |
| alloIle | alloisoleucine |
| Iva | isovaline |
| Met(O) | methionineS-oxide |
| MetO2 | methionineS.S-dioxide |
| Mur | muramicacid |
| Neu | Neuraminicacid |
| Neu5Ac | n-acetylneuraminicacid |
| Nle | norleucine |
| Nva | norvaline |
| Orn | ornithine |
| 5-oxo-Pro | 5-oxoproline(pyroglutamic acid) |
| Sar | Sarcosine |
| Ser(P) | phosphoserine |
| alloThr | allothreonine |
| aThr | allothreonine |
| Thx | Thyroxine |
| Tyr(I2) | 3,5-diiodotyrosine |
| Tyr(SO3H) | O4-sulfotyrosine |
| Xaa | unspecified amino acid |
The following is a selection of the most common Database Abbreviations
that are used. For other abbreviations see Amino acid
and Reference Tag abbreviations.
| Abbreviation | Name | |
| [?] | Specific rotation | |
| acac | acetylacetonato | |
| Ac | acetyl | |
| ACGIH | American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists | |
| Ac2O | acetic anhydride | |
| AcOH | Acetic acid | |
| ADI | Acceptable Daily Intake | |
| alk. | alkaline | |
| amorph. | Amorphous | |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute | |
| anhyd. | anhydrous | |
| approx. | approximately | |
| aq. | aqueous | |
| asym. | asymmetrical, unsymmetrical | |
| B | base | |
| BAN | British Approved Name | |
| biol. | biological | |
| bipy | 2,2’-bipyridine | |
| Bp | boiling point | |
| br | broad | |
| BSI | British Standards Institution | |
| Bu | butyl | |
| bwd | bird (wild) | |
| Bz | benzyl | |
| c. | concentration | |
| ca. | (circa) about | |
| CAS | Chemical Abstracts Service | |
| ccp | cubic close packed | |
| cdt | 1,5,9-cyclododecatriene | |
| C6H6 | benzene | |
| C5Me5 | pentamethylcyclopentadienyl | |
| CNS | central nervous system | |
| cod | 1,5-cyclooctadiene | |
| col. | colour, coloration | |
| comly. | commercially | |
| compd(s) | compounds(s) | |
| conc. | concentrated | |
| const. | constant | |
| constit. | constituent | |
| coord | coordinate(d), coordination | |
| cot | 1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene | |
| Cp | cyclopentadienyl | |
| C5Ph5 | pentaphenylcyclopentadienyl | |
| cryst. | crystal(s) | |
| cv | cultivar | |
| CVD | Chemical vapour deposition | |
| Cy | cyclohexyl | |
| d | density | |
| dba | dibenzylideneacetone | |
| dck | duck | |
| dec. | decomposes, decomposition | |
| degradn. | degradation | |
| depe | 1,2-bis(diethylphosphino)ethane | |
| descr. | described | |
| diars | diarsine(generalised ligand) | |
| dil. | dilute, dilution | |
| dimorph. | dimorphic | |
| diphos | diphosphine(generalised ligand) | |
| diss. | dissolves, dissolved | |
| dissoc. | dissociates | |
| dist. | distil, distillation | |
| DMA | dimethylacetamide | |
| DMF | dimethylformamide | |
| dmpe | 1,2-bis(dimethylphosphino)ethane | |
| dmpm | bis(dimethylphosphino)methane | |
| DMSO | dimethylsulfoxide | |
| dppe | 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane | |
| dppm | bis(diphenylphosphino)methane | |
| dppp | 1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane | |
| EDTA | ethylenediaminetetracetate(4-) | |
| ee | enantiomeric excess | |
| Eg | band gap (electron volts) | |
| en | ethylenediamine | |
| equilib. | equilibrium | |
| esp. | especially | |
| Et | ethyl | |
| EtOAc | ethylacetate | |
| EtOH | ethanol | |
| EtOH aq. | aqueousethanol | |
| evapn. | evaporation | |
| exp. | exposure | |
| exp. | experimental | |
| fac | facial | |
| Fc | ferrocenyl | |
| fl. p. | flashpoint | |
| fluor. | fluoresces, fluorescence | |
| formn. | formation | |
| Fp | Freezing point | |
| g | gram(s) | |
| ?G0f | standard free energy of formation | |
| Glc | b-D-glucopyranosyl | |
| gpg | guineapig | |
| ham | hamster | |
| ?H0f | standard enthalpy of formation | |
| hcp | hexagonal close packed | |
| hydrol. | hydrolyses, hydrolysed, hydrolysis | |
| ihl | inhalation | |
| im | imidazolato | |
| ims | intramuscular | |
| INN | International Non-proprietary Name | |
| inorg. | inorganic | |
| insol. | insoluble | |
| intermed. | intermediate | |
| ipr | intraperitoneal | |
| ISO | International Standards Organisation | |
| ivg | intravaginal | |
| ivn | intravenous | |
| JAN | Japanese Accepted Name | |
| JMAF | Japanese Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | |
| K | temperature(Kelvin) | |
| L | generalized ligand | |
| LC | lethal concentration | |
| LD | Lethaldose; LD50: a dose which is lethal to 50% of the animals tested | |
| M | relative molecular mass (formula weight) | |
| M | metal | |
| m | medium | |
| mcd | magnetic circular dichroism | |
| Me | methyl | |
| MEL | maximum exposure limit | |
| MeOH | methanol | |
| mer | meridional | |
| mes | mesityl(1,3,5-trimethylphenyl) | |
| Me2CO | acetone | |
| misc. | miscible | |
| misc. | miscellaneous | |
| mixt. | mixture | |
| mky | monkey | |
| MOCVD | metal-organic chemical vapour deposition | |
| mod. | moderately | |
| Mp | melting point | |
| mus | mouse | |
| n | index of refraction eg. ( nD20 for 20° and sodium light). | |
| nbd | norbornadiene | |
| nqr | nuclearquadrupole resonance spectrum | |
| obt. | obtained | |
| oc | open cup | |
| oep | octaethylporphyrinato | |
| OES | occupational exposure standard | |
| Oh | octahedral | |
| op | optical purity | |
| org. | organic | |
| orl | oral | |
| ox | oxalato | |
| Ph | phenyl(C6H5) | |
| pH | Measure of soln. acidity where pH = log 10 (1/[H+]) where [H+] is the hydrogen ion concentration | |
| phen | 1,10-phenanthroline | |
| phys. | physical | |
| pK | Measure of dissoc. const. (K) where pK=Log10(1 /K) | |
| pm | picometres | |
| PMDET | pentamethyldiethylenetriamine | |
| polarog. | polarography | |
| polym. | polymerised,polymerisation | |
| ppm | parts per million | |
| Pr | propyl | |
| prob. | probably | |
| purifn. | purification | |
| Py | pyridine | |
| pz | pyrazolato | |
| R | generalised alkyl group | |
| rbt | rabbit | |
| ref. | reference | |
| rel. | relative(ly) | |
| r.t. | room temperature | |
| s | strong | |
| S0 | standard entropy | |
| scu | subcutaneous | |
| skn | skin | |
| sl. | slightly | |
| sol. | soluble | |
| soln(s) | solution(s) | |
| solv(s) | solvent(s) | |
| soly. | solubility | |
| sp. | species (singular) | |
| spar. | sparingly | |
| spp. | species (plural) | |
| ssp. | subspecies | |
| subl. | sublimation, sublimes | |
| tbp | trigonalbipyramidal | |
| Td | tetrahedral | |
| Tf | triflate | |
| THF | tetrahydrofuran | |
| tht | tetrahydrothiophene | |
| TLV | Threshold Limit Value | |
| TMED | tetramethylethylenediamine | |
| tpp | tetraphenylporphyrinato | |
| triphos | triphosphine (generalised ligand) | |
| Ts | tosyl | |
| ?eff | effective magnetic moment (in Bohr magnetons ?B ) | |
| unsatd. | unsaturated | |
| USAN | United States Adopted Name | |
| uv | ultraviolet spectrum | |
| v. | very | |
| var. | variety | |
| vis. | visible | |
| vol. | volume | |
| w | weak | |
| WSSA | Weed Science Society of America | |
| X | eneralised anion, usually halide |
The following is a selection of the most common Reference Tags used.
| Abbreviation | Name |
| abs config | absolute configuration |
| anal | analysis |
| bibl | bibliography |
| biodistribn | biodistribution |
| biosynth | biosynthesis |
| cd | circular dichroism |
| chromatog | chromatography |
| cmr | 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum |
| config | configuration |
| conformn | conformation |
| cryst struct | X-ray crystal structure determination |
| deriv(s) | derivative(s) |
| detn | determination, detection |
| dsc | differential scanning calorimetry |
| dta | differential thermal analysis |
| ed | electron diffraction |
| electrochem | electrochemistry, cyclic voltammetry |
| em | electronmicroscopy |
| epr | electronparamagnetic (spin) resonance spectrum |
| esca | electronspectroscopy for chemical analysis |
| exafs | extended X-ray diffraction fine structure |
| fab-ms | fast atom bombardment mass spectroscopy |
| glc | gas-liquidchromatography |
| haz | hazard |
| hplc | highperformance liquid chromatography |
| ir | infraredspectrum |
| isol | isolation |
| isom | isomerism |
| manuf | manufacture |
| metab | metabolism |
| mineral | mineralogy |
| ms | masss pectrum |
| nmr | nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum |
| occur | occurrence |
| ord | opticalrotatory dispersion |
| pe | photoelectron spectroscopy |
| pharmacol | pharmacology |
| photol | photolysis |
| pmr | proton(1H) nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum |
| polarog | polarography |
| powder struct | X-ray powder structure determination |
| props | properties (chemical or physical) |
| Raman | Raman spectrum |
| resoln | resolution |
| rev | >review |
| sepn | separation |
| soly | solubility |
| spectra | struct |
| structure | synonyms |
| synth | synthesis |
| tautom | tautomerism |
| tga | thermogravimetric analysis |
| theory | MO calculations etc. |
| tlc | thin layer chromatography |
| tox | toxicity |
| trans | transition(s) |
| use(s) | |
| uv | ultraviolet spectrum |
| uv-vis | visible spectrum |