What is the three letter symbol of the amino acid, Glutamine ?
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Glutamine's symbol is Gln
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Three letter symbol for amino acid Glutamine is gln.
Amino acids are the building blocks of protein and they are coded by codons.Any amino acid is represented by the first three letters of amino acid but since glu is used for amino acid gultamic acid hence for glutamine we use symbol as gln.
Glutamine is an alpha amino acid used in synthesis of protein chains. It has amide as functional group and due to amine group it is basic in nature and is encoded by codons CAA and CAG.
The name of glutamine according to IUPAC nomenclature is 2,5 diamino 5 oxo-pentanoic acid. This amino acid is most abundant amino acid in human body.