Triptofan yani bilimsel kýsaltmasýyla Trp isimli protein içinde 267 tane amino asit barýndýrýyor. Proteinleri oluþturan aminoasitlerden biri olan Trp'nin genetik kodu UGG olarak geçmektedir. Triptofan isimli aminoasitin bilimsel isminin dünyanýn en uzun isimlerinden biri olmasýyla Guiness rekorlar kitabýna girmeye adaydýr. Dünyanýn en uzun Ýngilizce ismi olarak ilk rekoruna zaten ulaþmýþtýr. Bu aminoasitin bilim dilindeki ismi aþaðýdaki gibidir:

"Methionylglutaminylarginytyrosylglutamylserylleuc ylphenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamyla rginyllysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanyvalylpro lylphenylalanylvalythreonylleucylglycylaspartylpro lyglycylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysy lisoleucylaspartylthreonylleucylisoleucylglutamyla lanylglycylalanylaspartylalanylleucylglutamylleucy lglycylglycylisoleucylprolylphenylalanylserylaspar tylprolylleucelalanylaspartyglycylprolythreonyliso leucylglutamiylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucylargi nylalanylphenylalanylalanylglycylvalyltheonylproly lalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanygllutamylmeth ionylleucyalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminylly sylhistidylprolylthreonylisoleucylpriIylisoleucylg lycylleucylleucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginyl leucylvalyphenylalanylasparaginyllysylgyycylisoleu cylaspartylglutamylphenylalanyltyrosylalanylgutami nyllcysteinylglutamyllysylvalylglycylavlylaspartyl serylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalyprolylvalyl glutaminylglutamyllserylalanyprolyphenylalanylargi nylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylaspa raginylvaylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleu cylcysteinylprolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspa rtylaspartylleucylleucylarginyglutaminylisoleucyla lanyylseryltyrosylglycylarginylglycyltyrosylthreon yltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginylalanylglycylvalyt hreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginylarginylanyla lanylleucylprolylleucylaspaaginylhistidylleucylvay lalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasaraginylgl ycylphenylalanylglycylisoleucylalanylprolylasparty lglutaminylvalyllysylalanylalanylisoleucylaspartyl alanylalanyglycylalanylalanyglycylalanylisoleucyls erylglycyserylalanylisoleucylbalyllsylisoleucyliso leucylglutamyyylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisole ucylglutamylprolyglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalany lalanylleucyllysylvalylphenylalabylvalylglutaminly lprolylmethionyllysylalanylalanylthreonylarginylse rine."