A

(biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter symbol for alanine in proteins.


Ala

(biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter symbol for alanine


Asp

(biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of aspartic acid


B

(biochemistry) As an IUPAC code for amino acids, aspartic acid or asparagine.


C

* (element symbol, carbon): abbreviation
* (metrology, coulomb): abbreviation
* (computing, hexadecimal 12): From its position as the twelfth element of the series {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F}

(biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for cysteine


D

* (chemistry, deuterium): Abbreviation of deuterium.
* (computing, hexadecimal 13): From its position as the thirteenth element of the series {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F}
* (Germany): Abbreviation of Deutschland (“Germany”).

(biochemistry) IUPAC one-letter abbreviation for aspartic acid.


E

From the Etruscan letter 𐌄 (e, “e”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ε (E, “epsilon”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤄 (h, “he”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓀠.

(biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for glutamic acid


F

From the Etruscan letter 𐌅 (v, “ve”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ϝ (W, “digamma”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲.

(biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for phenylalanine.


G

From a modification of the Latin letter C (“ce”), from the Etruscan letter 𐌂 (c, “ce”), from the Ancient Greek letter Γ (G, “gamma”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤂 (g, “giml”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓌙.

(biochemistry) glycine, a natural amino acid.

(biochemistry) Any of the nucleotides guanodine, nucleoside guanosine, or nucleobase guanine, which are components of DNA.


H

From the Etruscan letter 𐌇 (h, he), from the Ancient Greek letter Η (Ē, eta), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤇 (ḥ, het), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓈈 or maybe 𓉗.

(biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for histidine


His

(biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of histidine


I

From the Etruscan letter 𐌉 (i), from the Ancient Greek letter Ι (I, iota), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤉 (y, yod), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂝.

(biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for isoleucine


Ile

(biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of isoleucine


K

From the Etruscan letter 𐌊 (k, “ka”), from the Ancient Greek letter Κ (K, “kappa”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤊 (k, “kap”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂧.

(biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for lysine.


L

From the Etruscan letter 𐌋 (l, “el”), from the Ancient Greek letter Λ (L, “lambda”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤋 (l, “lamed”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓌅.

(biochemistry, IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation) leucine


Leu

(biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of leucine


Lys

(biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of lysine


M

(biochemistry) abbreviation of methionine, as established by IUPAC


Met

(biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of methionine


N

From the Etruscan letter 𐌍 (n, en), from the Ancient Greek letter Ν (N, nu), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤍 (n, nun), possibly from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓆓.

(biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for aspargine


P

From the Etruscan letter 𐌐 (p, “pe”), from the Ancient Greek letter Π (P, “pi”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤐 (p, “pe”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂋.

(biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for proline


Pro

(biochemistry) abbreviation of proline, as established by IUPAC


Q

English: max Q

Ancient Greek language
Egyptian language
Etruscan language
Phoenician language
Q

From the Etruscan letter 𐌒 (q, “cu”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ϙ (Q, “qoppa”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤒 (q, “qop”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓃻.

(biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for glutamine.


R

From the Etruscan letter 𐌓 (r, “er”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ρ (R, “rho”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤓 (r, “reš”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁶.

(biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for arginine.


S

From the Etruscan letter 𐌔 (s, “es”), from the Ancient Greek letter Σ (S, “sigma”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤔 (š, “šin”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓌒.

(biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for serine


Ser

(biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of serine


T

From the Etruscan letter 𐌕 (t, “te”), from the Ancient Greek letter Τ (T, “tau”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤕 (t, “taw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏴.

(biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for threonine


V

From the Etruscan letter 𐌖 (u, “u”), from the Ancient Greek letter Υ (U, “ypsilon”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲. Doublet of Y, U, and F.

v (alternative numeral)
V. (alternative numeral ordinal)

(biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for valine


Val

(biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of valine


W

From a modification of the Latin letter V (“ve”), from the Etruscan letter 𐌖 (u, “u”), from the Ancient Greek letter Υ (U, “ypsilon”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲.
Its use as a symbol for tungsten is based on German Wolfram.

UU (alternative obsolete)
Uu (alternative obsolete)
VV (alternative obsolete)
Vv (alternative obsolete)

(biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for tryptophan.


Y

A late borrowing from the Ancient Greek letter Υ (U, “ypsilon”), first used to write Greek loanwords in Latin, derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲. Doublet of U, V, and F.

(biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for tyrosine


Z

From the Etruscan letter 𐌆 (z, “ze”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ζ (Z, “zeta”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤆 (z, “zayin”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏭.

(biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for either glutamine or glutamic acid


ψ

(physics, biochemistry) Water potential in cells.


Tyr

(biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of tyrosine


Arg

(biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of arginine


Asn

(biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of aspargine


Cys

(biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of cysteine


Gln

(biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of glutamine


Glu

(biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of glutamic acid


Gly

(biochemistry) abbreviation of glycine, as established by IUPAC


Phe

(biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of phenylalanine


Thr

(biochemistry) abbreviation of threonine, as established by IUPAC


Trp

(biochemistry) abbreviation of tryptophan, as established by IUPAC


Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase

Klebsiella pneumoniae
Klebsiella pneumoniae#Translingual

(biochemistry) a carbapenemase enzyme produced by Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria


K. pneumoniae carbapenemase

(biochemistry) a carbapenemase enzyme produced by K. pneumoniae bacteria


Sry

Initialism of sex-determining region Y. From English.

(biochemistry) the sex-determining region on Y chromosome gene

(biochemistry) the testis determinant factor


Nle

(biochemistry) IUPAC 3-letter abbreviation of norleucine.


dNaM

(synthetic biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, xenobiology, genetics) A synthetic nucleoside that does not exist in nature, which pairs with dTPT3 or d5SICS, in a DNA molecule.

synthetic biology; molecular biology; synthetic biology; molecular biology


(synthetic biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, xenobiology, genetics) A synthetic nucleoside that does not exist in nature, which pairs with dNaM, in a DNA molecule.


pSer

(biochemistry) abbreviation of phosphorylated serine


pThr

(biochemistry) abbreviation of en:phosphorylated threonine, as established by IUPAC


pTyr

(biochemistry) abbreviation of phosphorylated tyrosine


(biochemistry) A mutation of a protein (and its corresponding gene) at amino acid location 501, where the original asparagine (“N”) has been replaced with tyrosine (“Y”)

(COVID-19) The spike protein mutation so produced, on SARS-CoV-2.


(biochemistry) A position, 501, on a protein (and its corresponding coding location on the respective gene) having the amino acid asparagine (“N”).

(COVID-19) A location (501) on the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 which has N (“asparagine”).


(biochemistry) A position, 501, on a protein (and its corresponding coding location on the respective gene) having the amino acid tyrosine (“Y”).

(COVID-19) A location (501) on the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 which has Y (“tyrosine”).


a mutation that results in a glycine at position 614

(biochemistry) A protein mutation, at amino acid location 614, where the original D614 becomes G614 by replacing aspartic acid (“Asp”) (D) with glycine (“Gly”) (G)


SPN

(genetics, biochemistry) The gene which codes for sialophorin, a sialylated glycoprotein.


English: anti-Jo1

(biochemistry) A protein, an histidyl-tRNA synthetase (histidine-tRNA ligase), whose antibodies against, feature in auto-immune diseases.


mIgE

immunoglobulin E
immunoglobulin E#English

(biochemistry) membrane-bound immunoglobulin E