There are many ways to show the genetic code, the map between triplets of nucleotides and the amino acids of proteins. Here is one that may be a bit awkward to understand, but other more standard ones are easily found.
First, here are the codes for the four nucleotides:
- U = Uracil
- C = Cytosine
- A = Adenine
- G = Guanine
As well, let
- $ = U or C
- % = A or G
- & = U or C or A
- * = U or C or A or G
And so, here are the amino acids and their nucleotide codes
A = Ala = Alanine = GC*
C = Cys = Cysteine = UG$
D = Asp = Aspartic Acid = GA$
E = Glu = Glutamic Acid = GA%
F = Phe = Phenylalanine = UU$
G = Gly = Glycine = GG*
H = His = Histidine = CA$
I = Ile = Isoleucine = AU&
K = Lys = Lysine = AA%
L = Leu = Leucine = UU% + CU*
M = Met = Methionine = AUG
N = Asn = Asparagine = AA$
P = Pro = Proline = CC*
Q = Gln = Glutamine = CA%
R = Arg = Arginine = CG* + AG%
S = Ser = Serine = UC* + AG$
T = Thr = Threonine = AC*
V = Val = Valine = GU*
W = Typ = Tryptophan = UGG
Y = Tyr = Tyrosine = UA$
# = Stop = UA% + UGA
Note that some letters encode both nucleotides as well as amino acids, which might be confusing.
Further Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_code
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