Amino Acid Codes
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| Picutre | Name | Code | Letter | Letter allocation reasoning |
 | Cysteine | Cys | C | No Conflict |
 | Histidine | His | H | |
 | Isoleucine | Ile | I | |
 | Serine | Ser | S | |
 | Valine | Val | V | |
 | Alanine | Ala | A | Most common |
 | Glycine | Gly | G | |
 | Leucine | Leu | L | |
 | Proline | Pro | P | |
 | Threonine | Thr | T | |
 | Phenylalanine | Phe | F | Phonetic |
 | Arginine | Arg | R | |
 | Tyrosine | Tyr | Y | |
 | Tryptophan | Trp | W | |
 | Aspartate | Asp | D | Other |
 | Asparagine | Asn | N | |
 | Glutamate | Glu | E | |
 | Glutamine | Gln | Q | |
 | Lysine | Lys | K | |
 | Undetermined | Xaa | X |
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