Amino Acid Flashcards: 20 Side-Chain Structures & Codes
Learn the 20 standard amino acids with 120 flashcards for side-chain recognition and drawing, plus one- and three-letter code recall in both directions.
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These amino acid flashcards train the 20 standard amino acids as six separate recall tasks. You’ll practice side-chain structure → amino-acid name, amino-acid name → side-chain drawing, amino-acid name → three-letter code, three-letter code → amino-acid name, amino-acid name → one-letter code, and one-letter code → amino-acid name. Each target has its own card, so remembering a code never hides a missed structure.
The structure cards show only the variable side chain. A small Cα attachment marker fixes the convention without turning the shared amino-acid backbone into another recognition task; proline also shows the side chain’s connection to the backbone nitrogen. The diagrams use one neutral connectivity convention. They do not test pH-dependent charge states or stereochemistry.
The fixed sequence introduces each structure before its drawing prompt and each code before its reverse lookup for the same amino acid. It interleaves all six directions, keeps every same-amino-acid variant at least three unrelated cards apart, and separates visually or code-confusable concepts. The review scheduler handles longer-term spacing after installation.
The deck deliberately leaves out side-chain class labels because classification schemes vary. It also excludes pKa values, charge-state tables, isoelectric points, codons, nutrition categories, full-backbone recognition, nonstandard amino acids and ambiguous sequence symbols, peptide-bond and protein-folding trivia, and exam, clinical, disease, supplement, dietary, or pronunciation material. Those mappings either vary by convention or belong outside this focused side-chain-and-code recall set.
IUPAC-IUB nomenclature recommendations, NCBI’s overview of amino acids and their side chains, and the NCBI amino-acid code table were used only to verify common-knowledge facts. All prompts, answers, selection, order, molecular diagrams, metadata, and cover composition were created independently. No source or competitor prose, images, screenshots, trade dress, or logos were copied. Facts are not claimed as proprietary. The original wording, organization, metadata, diagrams, and cover are dedicated under CC0 1.0 to the extent applicable rights exist.
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閃卡 1
問題
Which amino acid has this side chain?
答案
Histidine — side chain:
Cα–CH₂–imidazolyl.閃卡 2
問題
Valine → three-letter code
答案
Val
閃卡 3
問題
Serine → one-letter code
答案
S
閃卡 4
問題
Which amino acid has this side chain?
答案
Asparagine — side chain:
Cα–CH₂–C(=O)–NH₂.閃卡 5
問題
Phenylalanine → three-letter code
答案
Phe
閃卡 6
問題
Lysine → one-letter code
答案
K
閃卡 7
問題
Which amino acid has this side chain?
答案
Alanine — side chain:
Cα–CH₃.閃卡 8
問題
Isoleucine → three-letter code
答案
Ile
閃卡 9
問題
Cysteine → one-letter code
答案
C
閃卡 10
問題
Which amino acid has this side chain?
答案
Aspartate — side chain:
Cα–CH₂–C(=O)–OH.閃卡 11
問題
Tyrosine → three-letter code
答案
Tyr
閃卡 12
問題
Arginine → one-letter code
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R
閃卡 13
問題
Which amino acid has this side chain?
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Proline — side chain:
Cα–(CH₂)₃–Nα.閃卡 14
問題
Leucine → three-letter code
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Leu
閃卡 15
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Threonine → one-letter code
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T
閃卡 16
問題
Which amino acid has this side chain?
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Glutamine — side chain:
Cα–CH₂–CH₂–C(=O)–NH₂.閃卡 17
問題
Tryptophan → three-letter code
答案
Trp
閃卡 18
問題
Methionine → one-letter code
答案
M
閃卡 19
問題
Which amino acid has this side chain?
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Glycine — side chain:
Cα–H.閃卡 20
問題
Glutamate → three-letter code
答案
Glu
閃卡 21
問題
Val → amino-acid name
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Valine
閃卡 22
問題
S → amino-acid name
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Serine
閃卡 23
問題
Asparagine → three-letter code
答案
Asn
閃卡 24
問題
Phenylalanine → one-letter code
答案
F
閃卡 25
問題
Which amino acid has this side chain?
答案
Lysine — side chain:
Cα–(CH₂)₄–NH₂.閃卡 26
問題
Alanine → draw or recall the side chain
答案
Side chain:
Cα–CH₃.閃卡 27
問題
Ile → amino-acid name
答案
Isoleucine
閃卡 28
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C → amino-acid name
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Cysteine
閃卡 29
問題
Aspartate → three-letter code
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Asp
閃卡 30
問題
Tyrosine → one-letter code
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Y
閃卡 31
問題
Which amino acid has this side chain?
答案
Arginine — side chain:
Cα–(CH₂)₃–NH–C(=NH)–NH₂.閃卡 32
問題
Proline → draw or recall the side chain
答案
Side chain:
Cα–(CH₂)₃–Nα.閃卡 33
問題
Leu → amino-acid name
答案
Leucine
閃卡 34
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T → amino-acid name
答案
Threonine
閃卡 35
問題
Glutamine → three-letter code
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Gln
閃卡 36
問題
Tryptophan → one-letter code
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W
閃卡 37
問題
Which amino acid has this side chain?
答案
Methionine — side chain:
Cα–CH₂–CH₂–S–CH₃.閃卡 38
問題
Glycine → draw or recall the side chain
答案
Side chain:
Cα–H.閃卡 39
問題
Glu → amino-acid name
答案
Glutamate
閃卡 40
問題
Histidine → draw or recall the side chain
答案
Side chain:
Cα–CH₂–imidazolyl.閃卡 41
問題
K → amino-acid name
答案
Lysine
閃卡 42
問題
Alanine → three-letter code
答案
Ala
閃卡 43
問題
Isoleucine → one-letter code
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I
閃卡 44
問題
Which amino acid has this side chain?
答案
Cysteine — side chain:
Cα–CH₂–SH.閃卡 45
問題
Aspartate → draw or recall the side chain
答案
Side chain:
Cα–CH₂–C(=O)–OH.閃卡 46
問題
Tyr → amino-acid name
答案
Tyrosine
閃卡 47
問題
R → amino-acid name
答案
Arginine
閃卡 48
問題
Proline → three-letter code
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Pro
閃卡 49
問題
Leucine → one-letter code
答案
L
閃卡 50
問題
Which amino acid has this side chain?
答案
Threonine — side chain:
Cα–CH(OH)–CH₃.閃卡 51
問題
Glutamine → draw or recall the side chain
答案
Side chain:
Cα–CH₂–CH₂–C(=O)–NH₂.閃卡 52
問題
Trp → amino-acid name
答案
Tryptophan
閃卡 53
問題
M → amino-acid name
答案
Methionine
閃卡 54
問題
Glycine → three-letter code
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Gly
閃卡 55
問題
Glutamate → one-letter code
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E
閃卡 56
問題
Histidine → three-letter code
答案
His
閃卡 57
問題
Valine → one-letter code
答案
V
閃卡 58
問題
Which amino acid has this side chain?
答案
Serine — side chain:
Cα–CH₂–OH.閃卡 59
問題
Asparagine → draw or recall the side chain
答案
Side chain:
Cα–CH₂–C(=O)–NH₂.閃卡 60
問題
Phe → amino-acid name
答案
Phenylalanine
閃卡 61
問題
I → amino-acid name
答案
Isoleucine
閃卡 62
問題
Cysteine → draw or recall the side chain
答案
Side chain:
Cα–CH₂–SH.閃卡 63
問題
Aspartate → one-letter code
答案
D
閃卡 64
問題
Which amino acid has this side chain?
答案
Tyrosine — side chain:
Cα–CH₂–C₆H₄–OH (para).閃卡 65
問題
Arginine → three-letter code
答案
Arg
閃卡 66
問題
Pro → amino-acid name
答案
Proline
閃卡 67
問題
L → amino-acid name
答案
Leucine
閃卡 68
問題
Threonine → draw or recall the side chain
答案
Side chain:
Cα–CH(OH)–CH₃.閃卡 69
問題
Glutamine → one-letter code
答案
Q
閃卡 70
問題
Which amino acid has this side chain?
答案
Tryptophan — side chain:
Cα–CH₂–indol-3-yl.閃卡 71
問題
Methionine → three-letter code
答案
Met
閃卡 72
問題
Gly → amino-acid name
答案
Glycine
閃卡 73
問題
E → amino-acid name
答案
Glutamate
閃卡 74
問題
His → amino-acid name
答案
Histidine
閃卡 75
問題
V → amino-acid name
答案
Valine
閃卡 76
問題
Serine → draw or recall the side chain
答案
Side chain:
Cα–CH₂–OH.閃卡 77
問題
Asparagine → one-letter code
答案
N
閃卡 78
問題
Which amino acid has this side chain?
答案
Phenylalanine — side chain:
Cα–CH₂–C₆H₅.閃卡 79
問題
Lysine → three-letter code
答案
Lys
閃卡 80
問題
Ala → amino-acid name
答案
Alanine
閃卡 81
問題
Proline → one-letter code
答案
P
閃卡 82
問題
Which amino acid has this side chain?
答案
Leucine — side chain:
Cα–CH₂–CH(CH₃)₂.閃卡 83
問題
Threonine → three-letter code
答案
Thr
閃卡 84
問題
Gln → amino-acid name
答案
Glutamine
閃卡 85
問題
W → amino-acid name
答案
Tryptophan
閃卡 86
問題
Methionine → draw or recall the side chain
答案
Side chain:
Cα–CH₂–CH₂–S–CH₃.閃卡 87
問題
Glycine → one-letter code
答案
G
閃卡 88
問題
Which amino acid has this side chain?
答案
Glutamate — side chain:
Cα–CH₂–CH₂–C(=O)–OH.閃卡 89
問題
Histidine → one-letter code
答案
H
閃卡 90
問題
Which amino acid has this side chain?
答案
Valine — side chain:
Cα–CH(CH₃)₂.閃卡 91
問題
Serine → three-letter code
答案
Ser
閃卡 92
問題
Asn → amino-acid name
答案
Asparagine
閃卡 93
問題
F → amino-acid name
答案
Phenylalanine
閃卡 94
問題
Lysine → draw or recall the side chain
答案
Side chain:
Cα–(CH₂)₄–NH₂.閃卡 95
問題
Alanine → one-letter code
答案
A
閃卡 96
問題
Which amino acid has this side chain?
答案
Isoleucine — side chain:
Cα–CH(CH₃)–CH₂–CH₃.閃卡 97
問題
Cysteine → three-letter code
答案
Cys
閃卡 98
問題
Asp → amino-acid name
答案
Aspartate
閃卡 99
問題
Y → amino-acid name
答案
Tyrosine
閃卡 100
問題
Arginine → draw or recall the side chain
答案
Side chain:
Cα–(CH₂)₃–NH–C(=NH)–NH₂.閃卡 101
問題
Ser → amino-acid name
答案
Serine
閃卡 102
問題
N → amino-acid name
答案
Asparagine
閃卡 103
問題
Phenylalanine → draw or recall the side chain
答案
Side chain:
Cα–CH₂–C₆H₅.閃卡 104
問題
Lys → amino-acid name
答案
Lysine
閃卡 105
問題
A → amino-acid name
答案
Alanine
閃卡 106
問題
Isoleucine → draw or recall the side chain
答案
Side chain:
Cα–CH(CH₃)–CH₂–CH₃.閃卡 107
問題
Cys → amino-acid name
答案
Cysteine
閃卡 108
問題
D → amino-acid name
答案
Aspartate
閃卡 109
問題
Tyrosine → draw or recall the side chain
答案
Side chain:
Cα–CH₂–C₆H₄–OH (para).閃卡 110
問題
Arg → amino-acid name
答案
Arginine
閃卡 111
問題
P → amino-acid name
答案
Proline
閃卡 112
問題
Leucine → draw or recall the side chain
答案
Side chain:
Cα–CH₂–CH(CH₃)₂.閃卡 113
問題
Thr → amino-acid name
答案
Threonine
閃卡 114
問題
Q → amino-acid name
答案
Glutamine
閃卡 115
問題
Tryptophan → draw or recall the side chain
答案
Side chain:
Cα–CH₂–indol-3-yl.閃卡 116
問題
Met → amino-acid name
答案
Methionine
閃卡 117
問題
G → amino-acid name
答案
Glycine
閃卡 118
問題
Glutamate → draw or recall the side chain
答案
Side chain:
Cα–CH₂–CH₂–C(=O)–OH.閃卡 119
問題
H → amino-acid name
答案
Histidine
閃卡 120
問題
Valine → draw or recall the side chain
答案
Side chain:
Cα–CH(CH₃)₂.