Codon Tables
Third Position
A C G U
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AA | Lys Asn Lys Asn
F AC | Thr Thr Thr Thr
i AG | Arg Ser Arg Ser
r AU | Ile Ile MET Ile
s P CA | Gln His Gln His
t o CC | Pro Pro Pro Pro
s CG | Arg Arg Arg Arg
& i CU | Leu Leu Leu Leu
t GA | Glu Asp Glu Asp
S i GC | Ala Ala Ala Ala
e o GG | Gly Gly Gly Gly
c n GU | Val Val Val Val
o UA | . Tyr . Tyr
n UC | Ser Ser Ser Ser
d UG | . Cys Trp Cys
UU | Leu Phe Leu Phe
Another way to look at this is:
3 Letter 1 Letter DNA codons for each Amino Acids
NAME Abbreviation Abbreviation
Alanine Ala A GCA,GCC,GCG,GCU
Cysteine Cys C UGC,UGU
Aspartic Acid Asp D GAC,GAU
Glutamic Acid Glu E GAA,GAG
Phenylalanine Phe F UUC,UUU
Glycine Gly G GGA,GGC,GGG,GGU
Histidine His H CAC,CAU
Isoleucine Ile I AUA,AUC,AUU
Lysine Lys K AAA,AAG
Leucine Leu L UUA,UUG,CUA,CUC,CUG,CUU
Methionine Met M AUG
Asparagine Asn N AAC,AAU
Proline Pro P CCA,CCC,CCG,CCU
Glutamine Gln Q CAA,CAG
Arginine Arg R CGA,CGC,CGG,CGU
Serine Ser S UCA,UCC,UCG,UCU,AGC,AGU
Threonine Thr T ACA,ACC,ACG,ACU
Valine Val V GUA,GUC,GUG,GUU
Tryptophan Trp W UGG
Tyrosine Tyr Y UAC,UAU
Stop Codons . UAA,UAG,UGA
An example of the multiple combinations of DNA possible for a single peptide
is an example of spelling my first name (without a termination codon):
So to code for 'MARK' there would be 16 combinations, other sequences of
4 letters would vary in the number of possibilities based on the number of
codons that could code for a single amino acid. Some amino acids have
unto 6 codons that will be translated into a single Amino Acid.
M A R K M A R K M A R K M A R K
MET Ala Arg Lys MET Ala Arg Lys MET Ala Arg Lys MET Ala Arg Lys
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AUG-GCU-AGA-AAG AUG-GCU-AGG-AAG AUG-GCU-AGA-AAA AUG-GCU-AGG-AAA
AUG-GCG-AGA-AAG AUG-GCG-AGG-AAG AUG-GCG-AGA-AAA AUG-GCG-AGG-AAA
AUG-GCC-AGA-AAG AUG-GCC-AGG-AAG AUG-GCC-AGA-AAA AUG-GCC-AGG-AAA
AUG-GCA-AGA-AAG AUG-GCA-AGG-AAG AUG-GCA-AGA-AAA AUG-GCA-AGG-AAA