Proline

Proline is an amino acid found in proteins. In mammals, proline is a non-essential amino acid, meaning it does not need to be present in the diet. Proline is hard to classify due to its ring structure, but it shares many properties of the aliphatic amino acids.

One Letter Code | Three Letter Code | Molecular Wt. (Daltons) | Genetic Code Codons
P | PRO | 97.12 | CCU, CCC, CCG, CCA

See also: Table 5.1, , Genetic Code, Glutamate as a Precursor of Other Amino Acids, Essential Amino Acids

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