Correction to: Amino Acids (2016) 48:779–789 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00726-015-2125-8

The authors claim that their names were incorrectly listed on PubMed.

For the author R. Mac Thompson, the first name should be R. Mac and the last name should be Thompson. On SpringerLink the name is listed correctly, but on PubMed he is listed as Mac Thompson R.

For another author C. Brooks Mobley, the first name should be C. Brooks and the last name should be Mobley. On SpringerLink the name is listed correctly, but on PubMed he is listed as Brooks Mobley C.