Amino Acid Mass Table

The amino acid mass tables include the name, 3-letter code, 1-letter code, monoisotopic mass, average mass and the composition of the amino acids.

[sorted by name] [sorted by mass]

Table 1. Amino acid residues sorted by name.

Name

3-letter code

1-letter code

Monoisotopic Mass

Average Mass

Composition

Alanine

Ala

A

71.03711

71.08

C3H5NO

Arginine

Arg

R

156.10111

156.2

C6H12N4O

Asparagine

Asn

N

114.04293

114.1

C4H6N2O2

Aspartic Acid

Asp

D

115.02694

115.1

C4H5NO3

Cysteine

Cys

C

103.00919

103.1

C3H5NOS

Glutamic Acid

Glu

E

129.04259

129.1

C5H7NO3

Glutamine

Gln

Q

128.05858

128.1

C5H8N2O2

Glycine

Gly

G

57.02146

57.05

C2H3NO

Histidine

His

H

137.05891

137.1

C6H7N3O

Isoleucine

Ile

I

113.08406

113.2

C6H11NO

Leucine

Leu

L

113.08406

113.2

C6H11NO

Lysine

Lys

K

128.09496

128.2

C6H12N2O

Methionine

Met

M

131.04049

131.2

C5H9NOS

Phenyalanine

Phe

F

147.06841

147.2

C9H9NO

Proline

Pro

P

97.05276

97.12

C5H7NO

Serine

Ser

S

87.03203

87.08

C3H5NO2

Threonine

Thr

T

101.04768

101.1

C4H7NO2

Tryptophan

Trp

W

186.07931

186.2

C11H10N2O

Tyrosine

Tyr

Y

163.06333

163.2

C9H9NO2

Valine

Val

V

99.06841

99.13

C5H9NO

 

Table 2. Amino acid residues sorted by mass.

Name

3-letter code

1-letter code

Monoisotopic Mass

Average Mass

Composition

Glycine

Gly

G

57.02146

57.05

C2H3NO

Alanine

Ala

A

71.03711

71.08

C3H5NO

Serine

Ser

S

87.03203

87.08

C3H5NO2

Proline

Pro

P

97.05276

97.12

C5H7NO

Valine

Val

V

99.06841

99.13

C5H9NO

Threonine

Thr

T

101.04768

101.1

C4H7NO2

Cysteine

Cys

C

103.00919

103.1

C3H5NOS

Isoleucine

Ile

I

113.08406

113.2

C6H11NO

Leucine

Leu

L

113.08406

113.2

C6H11NO

Asparagine

Asn

N

114.04293

114.1

C4H6N2O2

Aspartic Acid

Asp

D

115.02694

115.1

C4H5NO3

Glutamine

Gln

Q

128.05858

128.1

C5H8N2O2

Lysine

Lys

K

128.09496

128.2

C6H12N2O

Glutamic Acid

Glu

E

129.04259

129.1

C5H7NO3

Methionine

Met

M

131.04049

131.2

C5H9NOS

Histidine

His

H

137.05891

137.1

C6H7N3O

Phenyalanine

Phe

F

147.06841

147.2

C9H9NO

Arginine

Arg

R

156.10111

156.2

C6H12N4O

Tyrosine

Tyr

Y

163.06333

163.2

C9H9NO2

Tryptophan

Trp

W

186.07931

186.2

C11H10N2O