Table 1 Relationship between 20 different kinds of most common amino acids and 64 different kinds of mRNA codons
From: A 2D graphical representation of the sequences of DNA based on triplets and its application
Codons | Amino acid | Codons | Amino acid |
|---|---|---|---|
GCU, GCC, GCA, GCG | Alanine | CUU, CUC, CUA, CUG, UUA, UUG | Leucine |
CGU, CGC, CGA, CGG, AGA, AGG | Arginine | AAA, AAG | Lysine |
GAU, GAC | Aspartic acid | AUG | Methionine |
AAU, AAC | Asparagine | UUU, UUC | Phenylalanine |
UGU, UGC | Cysteine | CCU, CCC, CCA, CCG | Proline |
GAA, GAG | Glutamic acid | UCU, UCC, UCA, UCG, AGU, AGC | Serine |
CAA, CAG | Glutamine | ACU, ACC, ACA, ACG | Threonine |
GGU, GGC, GGA, GGG | Glycine | UGG | Tryptophan |
CAU, CAC | Histidine | UAU, UAC | Tyrosine |
AUU, AUC, AUA | Isoleucine | GUU, GUC, GUA, GUG | Valine |
UAA, UAG, UGA |