Know your Amino Acids fact sheet:
| Full name | Glutamine |
| 3 letter name | Gln |
| 1 letter name | Q |
| What you see: | What a biochemist sees: |
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| Speciality | – |
| Sources (animal) | beef, chicken, fish, eggs, milk, dairy products |
| Sources (plant) | wheat, cabbage, beets, beans, spinach, and parsley |
| Chemical formula | C5H10N2O3 |
| Essential | – |
| Non-essential | X |
| Hydrophobic | – |
| Hydrophilic (neutral) | X |
| (positive) | – |
| (negative) | – |