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. 2007 May 29;64(6):662–688. doi: 10.1007/s00239-006-0284-7

Table 3.

Codon usage in some Fungi lineages: intronic ORFs excluded (E) or included (I)

Leu codons Arg codons Ile and Met Codons Frequency at FFD sites
CUN UUR CGN AGR AUU AUC AUA AUG %U %C %A %G
S. japonicus (E) 79 198 7 32 133 40 32 48 76.0 3.4 19.2 1.3
S. octosporus (E) 68 236 2 34 161 34 0d 57 61.1 1.9 34.8 2.2
S. pombe (E) 53 192 7 33 113 39 49 51 56.4 1.3 40.5 1.8
Y. lipolytica (E) 44 618 0c 75 174 87 277 119 48.3 1.1 49.0 1.5
C. stellata (E) 3 279 12 29 123 8 156 54 57.3 0.2 41.6 0.9
C. albicans 132 397 47 26 119 81 229 100 55.4 4.8 37.7 2.1
C. parapsilosis (E) 66 547 39 45 303 32 193 117 68.6 0.7 29.8 0.9
C. parapsilosis (I) 137 728 60 102 410 49 299 143 65.3 3.0 29.0 2.7
P. canadensis (E) 25 714 18 67 274 18 562 105 49.2 0.7 49.4 0.7
P. canadensis (I) 27 746 20 74 298 20 586 109 50.0 0.9 48.4 0.6
A. gossypii 80a 291 0c 40 215 7 95d,e 34 57.2 0.0 42.8 0.0
K. lactis (E) 0b 286 0c 48 213 16 7d 63 44.0 1.6 53.3 1.1
K. lactis (I) 0b 312 0c 55 256 16 27d 65 43.4 2.6 52.1 1.9
K. thermotolerans (E) 16a 304 2 44 204 17 2d 56 47.7 0.9 51.0 0.4
K. thermotolerans (I) 42a 440 10 72 298 23 30d 78 48.3 2.1 47.6 2.0
C. glabrata (E) 11a 294 1c 45 207 21 16d,e 73 46.7 0.6 52.0 0.7
C. glabrata (I) 28a 415 1c 60 318 25 85d,e 78 48.6 0.9 49.8 0.7
S. cerevisiae(E) 33a 333 7 49 239 31 60d,e 73 48.6 2.3 47.1 2.0
S. castellii (E) 19a 274 0c 40 203 7 101d,e 56 47.5 1.6 49.9 1.0
S. servazzii (E) 22a 300 0c 46 218 11 95d,e 70 37.2 0.9 59.5 2.4

aCUN is reassigned to Thr and an unusual tRNA-Thr gene is present in these species.

bThere is no tRNA for the CUN block in this species.

cThe tRNA-Arg is deleted in these species.

dThe tRNA-Ile(CAU) is deleted in these species.

eAUA is reassigned to Met in these species.

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