For naming an amino acid, suffixes –ine (glycine), –an (tryptophan), and –ate (glutamate) are changed to -yl with the exception of C-terminal amino acid.
Example: H3N — Glutamate — Cystine — Glycine COO−
For naming an amino acid, suffixes –ine (glycine), –an (tryptophan), and –ate (glutamate) are changed to -yl with the exception of C-terminal amino acid.
Example: H3N — Glutamate — Cystine — Glycine COO−
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