Symbol 3-letter Name Codons A Ala Alanine GCT,GCC,GCA,GCG B Asx Asp or Asn GAT,GAC,AAT,AAC C Cys Cysteine TGT,TGC D Asp Aspartic GAT,GAC E Glu Glutamic GAA,GAG F Phe Phenylalanine TTT,TTC G Gly Glycine GGT,GGC,GGA,GGG H His Histidine CAT,CAC I Ile Isoleucine ATT,ATC,ATA J Xle Leu or Ile K Lys Lysine AAA,AAG L Leu Leucine TTG,TTA,CTT,CTC,CTA,CTG M Met Methionine ATG N Asn Asparagine AAT,AAC P Pro Proline CCT,CCC,CCA,CCG O Pyl Pyrrolysine Q Gln Glutamine CAA,CAG R Arg Arginine CGT,CGC,CGA,CGG,AGA,AGG S Ser Serine TCT,TCC,TCA,TCG,AGT,AGC U Sec Selenocysteine T Thr Threonine ACT,ACC,ACA,ACG V Val Valine GTT,GTC,GTA,GTG W Trp Tryptophan TGG X Xaa Any amino acid Y Tyr Tyrosine TAT,TAC Z Glx Glu or Gln GAA,GAG,CAA,CAG Glutamine * Stop Terminator TAA, TAG, TGA TERM Termination codon