Blepharisma nuclear code

The Blepharisma nuclear code (translation table 15) is a genetic code found in the nuclei of Blepharisma.

Code

   AAs = FFLLSSSSYY*QCC*WLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG

Starts = -----------------------------------M----------------------------

 Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

 Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG

 Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG

Bases: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) and thymine (T) or uracil (U).

Amino acids: Alanine (Ala, A), Arginine (Arg, R), Asparagine (Asn, N), Aspartic acid (Asp, D), Cysteine (Cys, C), Glutamic acid (Glu, E), Glutamine (Gln, Q), Glycine (Gly, G), Histidine (His, H), Isoleucine (Ile, I), Leucine (Leu, L), Lysine (Lys, K), Methionine (Met, M), Phenylalanine (Phe, F), Proline (Pro, P), Serine (Ser, S), Threonine (Thr, T), Tryptophan (Trp, W), Tyrosine (Tyr, Y), Valine (Val, V)

Differences from the standard code

Differences from the standard code:
Code 10[1]Standard
UAGGlnTer

Systematic range and comments

Ciliata: Blepharisma[2]

See also

References

  • This article contains public domain text from the NCBI page compiled by Andrzej (Anjay) Elzanowski and Jim Ostell.[3]
  1. Andrzej Elzanowski; Jim Ostell (26 September 1996). "The Genetic Codes". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  2. A Liang, K Heckman (1993). "Blepharisma uses UAA as a termination codon". Naturwissenschaften. 80: 225–226. doi:10.1007/bf01175738.
  3. The Genetic Codes
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