Amino Acid mnenumonic devices for the jaded biochemist (as arranged in Leninger's Biochemistry)

 

Amino Acids

 

Glycine, Alanine, Proline, Valine, Leucine, Isoleucine, Methionine

Green alien professors vampirize lonely innocent med-students.

Great, another pointless variety of lazy intellectualism: memorization.

God Ass Punched the Villianous Lecher, Inducing Mormonism

Gleefully, Al Pulverized the Victorious Lord, that Irreverant Minx.

 

Serine, Threonine, Cysteine, Asparagine, Glutamine

Shit, This Class Ain't Great

Surrender, Thou Cursed Asymmetrical Gimp!

Shriveled Tina Cornered the Angry Gremlin.

Sordid Tales of Canaries Attacking Gerbils.

Seething Terribly, Coco Ate Glue

 

Phenylalanine, Tyrosine, Tryptophan

Pointless, tiresome tasks

Please take two.

Peckish? Try Toad!

Perky Teens Triumph.

 

Lysine, Histidine, Arginine

Lick Herbert's Almonds

Like Hell, Asshat.

Lyse His Ass!

Lurk Hidden (in) Alleys

Life Heralds Annoyance

 

Aspartate, Glutamate

Agonizing Games

Artistic Guilt

Aack! Guck!

Ambiguous Girlfriend

Annoying Girlfriend

Ahoy, Giblets!

 

Mix, match, and alter:

God Ass-Punched the Villianous Lecher, Inducing Mormonism.

"Surrender, Thou Cursed Asymmetrical Gimp!," Proposed The Tyrant.

"Like Hell, Asshat!," Answered Greg.