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University of Illinois

Assay: Amino Acids

Targeted method quantifying amino acids using LC-MS/MS with MRM. Quantitation is performed using calibrations of up to 10 concentration levels and 9 labeled internal standards. Standard reference material (SRM) 1950 containing certified and reference values for amino acids is also used. 

Metabolite Name PubChem CID InChIKey
Alanine 5950 QNAYBMKLOCPYGJ-REOHCLBHSA-N
Arginine 66250 KWTQSFXGGICVPE-WCCKRBBISA-N
Asparagine 6267 DCXYFEDJOCDNAF-REOHCLBHSA-N
Aspartic acid 5960 CKLJMWTZIZZHCS-REOHCLBHSA-N
Cysteine 5862 XUJNEKJLAYXESH-REOHCLBHSA-N
Cystin 67678 LEVWYRKDKASIDU-IMJSIDKUSA-N
Glutamine 5961 ZDXPYRJPNDTMRX-VKHMYHEASA-N
Glutamic acid 33032 WHUUTDBJXJRKMK-VKHMYHEASA-N
Glycine 750 DHMQDGOQFOQNFH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
L-Histidine 165377 CMXXUDSWGMGYLZ-XRIGFGBMSA-N
Isoleucine 6306 AGPKZVBTJJNPAG-WHFBIAKZSA-N
Leucine 6106 ROHFNLRQFUQHCH-YFKPBYRVSA-N
L-Lysine 69568 BVHLGVCQOALMSV-JEDNCBNOSA-N
Methionine 6137 FFEARJCKVFRZRR-BYPYZUCNSA-N
Phenylalanine 6140 COLNVLDHVKWLRT-QMMMGPOBSA-N
Proline 145742 ONIBWKKTOPOVIA-BYPYZUCNSA-N
Serine 5951 MTCFGRXMJLQNBG-REOHCLBHSA-N
Threonine 6288 AYFVYJQAPQTCCC-GBXIJSLDSA-N
Tryptophan 6305 QIVBCDIJIAJPQS-VIFPVBQESA-N
Tyrosine 6057 OUYCCCASQSFEME-QMMMGPOBSA-N
Valine 6287 KZSNJWFQEVHDMF-BYPYZUCNSA-N