N-Fmoc-3-(4-pyridyl)-L-alanine

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Alanine(symbolAlaorA)is an -amino acidthat is used in the biosynthesis ofproteins. It contains anamine groupand acarboxylic acid group both attached to the central carbon atom which also carries amethyl groupside chain. Consequently itsIUPAC systematic nameis 2-aminopropanoic acid and it is classified as anonpolaraliphatic-amino acid. Under biological conditions it exists in itszwitterionicform with its amine group protonated (as NH3) and its carboxyl group deprotonated (as CO2). It is non-essential to humans as it can be synthesisedmetabolicallyand does not need to be present in the diet. It isencodedby allcodonsstarting with GC (GCU GCC GCA and GCG).