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Amino acids
We give you the 1-letter as well as the 3-letter code for amino acids. Your task is to guess them all.
There are 22 proteinogenic amino acids
20 are standard and 2 are non-canonical amino acids
Source of the quiz is Wikipedia (and my old biochemistry notes)
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Last updated: October 28, 2012
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| First submitted | October 28, 2012 |
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| Average score | 63.6% |
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12 Comments
burntfrost
+3
Level 47
May 11, 2014
It's been a LONG time since Biology.
Momillo
+6
Level 61
Dec 1, 2020
you should accept glutamate and aspartate I think, nominated though!
Nens
+1
Level 47
Feb 7, 2023
I wholeheartedly agree. I was stumped when "aspartate" wasn't accepted. But I also suck at spelling lmao
kaderschaufel
+2
Level 72
Oct 24, 2021
Do Americans learn this kind of stuff in school? I consider myself a well-educated European, and I have no idea about this.
JWatson24
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Level 71
Oct 24, 2021
I learned a few of these in high school biology. I know most of them now because I'm a Biochemistry major in college. Ask your average Joe about this though and they'll probably get 0. Even scientists who aren't in Biology/Biochemistry probably wouldn't get that many.
HyalineSkies
+1
Level 48
Feb 26, 2026
We learned these but didn't have to memorize them. I happened to know since I studied for the Bio olympiad
Neodymium
+4
Level 63
Mar 8, 2023
Amino Acid Fans: Those two aren't canon!
summer19
+1
Level 41
Mar 8, 2023
I was surprised by those two lol
ptilidion
+1
Level 37
Feb 17, 2025
they are still proteinogenic amino acids, just non-standard
HyalineSkies
+1
Level 48
Feb 26, 2026
Not official, but still accepted into the fam ig
ptilidion
+1
Level 37
Feb 17, 2025
100% thanks for fun quiz
HyalineSkies
+1
Level 48
Feb 26, 2026
Anyone else haven't heard of O and U?
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