TTT F Phe
TCT S Ser TAT Y Tyr
TGT C Cys
TTC F Phe
TCC S Ser TAC Y Tyr
TGC C Cys
TTA L Leu
TCA S Ser TAA * Ter
TGA * Ter
TTG L Leu i
TCG S Ser TAG * Ter
TGG W Trp
CTT L Leu
CCT P Pro CAT H His
CGT R Arg
CTC L Leu
CCC P Pro CAC H His
CGC R Arg
CTA L Leu
CCA P Pro CAA Q Gln
CGA R Arg
CTG L Leu i
CCG P Pro CAG Q Gln
CGG R Arg
ATT I Ile i
ACT T Thr AAT N Asn
AGT S Ser
ATC I Ile i
ACC T Thr AAC N Asn
AGC S Ser
ATA I Ile i
ACA T Thr AAA K Lys
AGA R Arg
ATG M Met i
ACG T Thr AAG K Lys
AGG R Arg
GTT V Val
GCT A Ala GAT D Asp
GGT G Gly
GTC V Val
GCC A Ala GAC D Asp
GGC G Gly
GTA V Val
GCA A Ala GAA E Glu
GGA G Gly
GTG V Val i
GCG A Ala GAG E Glu
GGG G Gly
Differences from the
Standard Code:
None
Alternative Initiation
Codons:
GUG, UUG, AUU, CUG
Systematic Range:
Prokaryotes including
the eubacteria (Kozak, 1983) and archaebacteria (Brown et al. 1989; Noelling
et al., unpublished).
Comments:
UGA codes at low efficiency
for Trp in Bacillus subtilis and, presumably, in Escherichia coli (Hatfiled
and Diamond,1993).
CUG is known to function as an initiator for one plasmid-encoded protein (RepA) in Escherichia coli (Spiers and Bergquist, 1992) and possibly in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum (Noelling et al., unpublished)
There is no record of
AUU initition codon for the archaebacteria.