org.biojava.bio.structure
Class StandardAminoAcid

java.lang.Object
  org.biojava.bio.structure.StandardAminoAcid

public final class StandardAminoAcid
extends java.lang.Object

A class that provides a set of standard amino acids.

Author:

Andreas Prlic, Tamas Horvath provided the standard amino acids.

Method Summary

static AminoAcid

getAminoAcid(java.lang.String name) get a standard amino acid.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getAminoAcid

public static AminoAcid getAminoAcid(java.lang.String name)

get a standard amino acid.

Parameters:

name - the 3- or 1-letter representation of the amino acid.

Returns:

the amino acids, or null if the name can not be matched