Codon Usage Chart

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Codon Usage Table*
Second Position
U
C
A
G
UUU Phe
UCU Ser
UAU Tyr
UGU Cys
U
UUC Phe
UCC Ser
UAC Tyr
UGC Cys
C
U
UUA Leu
UCA Ser
UAA Stop
UGA Stop
A
(och)
(opal)
UUG Leu
UCG Ser
UAG Stop
UGG Trp
G
(amb)
U
CUU Leu
CCU Pro
CAU His
CGU Arg
C
CUC Leu
CCC Pro
CAC His
CGC Arg
C
A
CUA Leu
CCA Pro
CAA Gln
CGA Arg
G
CUG Leu
CCG Pro
CAG Gln
CGG Arg
AUU Ile
ACU Thr
AAU Asn
AGU Ser
U
AUC Ile
ACC Thr
AAC Asn
AGC Ser
C
A
AUA Ile
ACA Thr
AAA Lys
AGA Arg
A
AUG Met
ACG Thr
AAG Lys
AGG Arg
G
GUU Val
GCU Ala
GAU Asp
GGU Gly
U
GUC Val
GCC Ala
GAC Asp
GGC Gly
C
G
GUA Val
GCA Ala
GAA Glu
GGA Gly
A
GUG Val (Met)
GCG Ala
GAG Glu
GGG Gly
G
* Bases are given as ribonucleotides. GUG usually codes for valine, but it can
code for methionine to initiate an mRNA chain. Stop (och) refers to the
ochre termination triplet and Stop (amb) refers to the amber.

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