Return names or one- or three-letter abbreviations of amino acids.
Usage
aminoacids(nchar = 1, which = NULL)
Arguments
nchar
numeric, \(1\) to return one-letter, \(3\) to return three-letter abbreviations for amino acids
which
character, which amino acids to name
Details
aminoacids returns the one-letter abbreviations (nchar=1) or the three-letter abbreviations (nchar=3) or the names of the neutral amino acids (nchar="") or the names of the amino acids with ionized side chains (nchar="Z").
The output includes 20 amino acids in alphabetic order by 1-letter abbreviation (the order used in thermo()$protein), unless which is provided, indicating the desired amino acids (either as 1- or 3-letter abbreviations or names of the neutral amino acids).
See Also
count.aa for counting amino acids or nucleic-acid bases in a sequence; protein.formula for calculating the chemical formulas of proteins.