Stephen Royle on Nostr: Seen on the other place. I have been mystified why K represented Lysine for many ...

Seen on the other place.

I have been mystified why K represented Lysine for many years. Undergrad #biochemistry lecturer said “I don't know why, but I assume it is because of the end of the side chain looks like a K”. Well, turns out the answer is more simple.

Source: M Eugenio Vazquez. Posted in honour of Margaret Dayhoff, inventor of the single-letter amino acid code