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    <h2>BioJava:CookBook:AAPROP:AminoAcidComposition.xml</h2>
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      <h3 id="aminoacidcompositionxml">AminoAcidComposition.xml</h3>

<xml>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<ns2:AminoAcidsTable xmlns:ns2="http://biojava.org">

`   `<aminoacid name="Alanine" shortname="Ala" symbol="A">  
`       `<elements count="3" name="Carbon" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Nitrogen" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Oxygen" />  
`       `<isotopes count="5" name="Hydrogen" />  
`   `</aminoacid>  
`   `<aminoacid name="Arginine" shortname="Arg" symbol="R">  
`       `<elements count="6" name="Carbon" />  
`       `<elements count="4" name="Nitrogen" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Oxygen" />  
`       `<isotopes count="12" name="Hydrogen" />  
`   `</aminoacid>  
`   `<aminoacid name="Asparagine" shortname="Asn" symbol="N">  
`       `<elements count="4" name="Carbon" />  
`       `<elements count="2" name="Nitrogen" />  
`       `<elements count="2" name="Oxygen" />  
`       `<isotopes count="6" name="Hydrogen" />  
`   `</aminoacid>  
`   `<aminoacid name="Aspartic Acid" shortname="Asp" symbol="D">  
`       `<elements count="4" name="Carbon" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Nitrogen" />  
`       `<elements count="3" name="Oxygen" />  
`       `<isotopes count="5" name="Hydrogen" />  
`   `</aminoacid>  
`   `<aminoacid name="Cysteine" shortname="Cys" symbol="C">  
`       `<elements count="3" name="Carbon" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Nitrogen" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Oxygen" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Sulfur" />  
`       `<isotopes count="5" name="Hydrogen" />  
`   `</aminoacid>  
`   `<aminoacid name="Glutamic Acid" shortname="Glu" symbol="E">  
`       `<elements count="5" name="Carbon" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Nitrogen" />  
`       `<elements count="3" name="Oxygen" />  
`       `<isotopes count="7" name="Hydrogen" />  
`   `</aminoacid>  
`   `<aminoacid name="Glutamine" shortname="Gln" symbol="Q">  
`       `<elements count="5" name="Carbon" />  
`       `<elements count="2" name="Nitrogen" />  
`       `<elements count="2" name="Oxygen" />  
`       `<isotopes count="8" name="Hydrogen" />  
`   `</aminoacid>  
`   `<aminoacid name="Glycine" shortname="Gly" symbol="G">  
`       `<elements count="2" name="Carbon" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Nitrogen" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Oxygen" />  
`       `<isotopes count="3" name="Hydrogen" />  
`   `</aminoacid>  
`   `<aminoacid name="Histidine" shortname="His" symbol="H">  
`       `<elements count="6" name="Carbon" />  
`       `<elements count="3" name="Nitrogen" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Oxygen" />  
`       `<isotopes count="7" name="Hydrogen" />  
`   `</aminoacid>  
`   `<aminoacid name="Isoleucine" shortname="Ile" symbol="I">  
`       `<elements count="6" name="Carbon" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Nitrogen" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Oxygen" />  
`       `<isotopes count="11" name="Hydrogen" />  
`   `</aminoacid>  
`   `<aminoacid name="Leucine" shortname="Leu" symbol="L">  
`       `<elements count="6" name="Carbon" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Nitrogen" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Oxygen" />  
`       `<isotopes count="11" name="Hydrogen" />  
`   `</aminoacid>  
`   `<aminoacid name="Lysine" shortname="Lys" symbol="K">  
`       `<elements count="6" name="Carbon" />  
`       `<elements count="2" name="Nitrogen" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Oxygen" />  
`       `<isotopes count="12" name="Hydrogen" />  
`   `</aminoacid>  
`   `<aminoacid name="Methionine" shortname="Met" symbol="M">  
`       `<elements count="5" name="Carbon" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Nitrogen" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Oxygen" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Sulfur" />  
`       `<isotopes count="9" name="Hydrogen" />  
`   `</aminoacid>  
`   `<aminoacid name="Phenylalanine" shortname="Phe" symbol="F">  
`       `<elements count="9" name="Carbon" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Nitrogen" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Oxygen" />  
`       `<isotopes count="9" name="Hydrogen" />  
`   `</aminoacid>  
`   `<aminoacid name="Proline" shortname="Pro" symbol="P">  
`       `<elements count="5" name="Carbon" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Nitrogen" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Oxygen" />  
`       `<isotopes count="7" name="Hydrogen" />  
`   `</aminoacid>  
`   `<aminoacid name="Serine" shortname="Ser" symbol="S">  
`       `<elements count="3" name="Carbon" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Nitrogen" />  
`       `<elements count="2" name="Oxygen" />  
`       `<isotopes count="5" name="Hydrogen" />  
`   `</aminoacid>  
`   `<aminoacid name="Threonine" shortname="Thr" symbol="T">  
`       `<elements count="4" name="Carbon" />  
`       `<elements count="7" name="Hydrogen" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Nitrogen" />  
`       `<elements count="2" name="Oxygen" />  
`   `</aminoacid>  
`   `<aminoacid name="Tryptophan" shortname="Trp" symbol="W">  
`       `<elements count="11" name="Carbon" />  
`       `<elements count="2" name="Nitrogen" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Oxygen" />  
`       `<isotopes count="10" name="Hydrogen" />  
`   `</aminoacid>  
`   `<aminoacid name="Tyrosine" shortname="Tyr" symbol="Y">  
`       `<elements count="9" name="Carbon" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Nitrogen" />  
`       `<elements count="2" name="Oxygen" />  
`       `<isotopes count="9" name="Hydrogen" />  
`   `</aminoacid>  
`   `<aminoacid name="Valine" shortname="Val" symbol="V">  
`       `<elements count="5" name="Carbon" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Nitrogen" />  
`       `<elements count="1" name="Oxygen" />  
`       `<isotopes count="9" name="Hydrogen" />  
`   `</aminoacid>

</ns2:AminoAcidsTable>

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