Amino Acid Format Converter

Individual amino acids can often be referred to shorthand as a series of 3 letters (e.g. Glycine as 'Gly'), or a singular letter (e.g. Lysine as 'K'). This tool coverts either format to the other for an amino acid sequence.

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