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. 2008 May 12;9:215. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-215

Table 3.

Hemiselmis andersenii mtDNA codon usage table.

Second Position of Codon

U C A G

First Position of Codon U UUU [F] 608 UCU [S] 123 UAU [Y] 312 UGU [C] 123 U Third Position of Codon
UUC [F] 126• UCC [S] 18 UAC [Y] 69• UGC [C] 20• C
UUA [L] 688• UCA [S] 205• UAA [stop] 32 UGA [stop] 2 A
UUG [L] 163 UCG [S] 57 UAG [stop] 3 UGG [W] 120• G

C CUU [L] 179 CCU [P] 139 CAU [H] 140 CGU [R] 83 U
CUC [L] 38• CCC [P] 18 CAC [H] 30• CGC [R] 17• C
CUA [L] 88• CCA [P] 115• CAA [Q] 217• CGA [R] 95• A
CUG [L] 20 CCG [P] 28 CAG [Q] 42 CGG [R] 32 G

A AUU [I] 579 ACU [T] 162 AAU [N] 307 AGU [S] 183 U
AUC [I] 85• ACC [T] 24 AAC [N] 95• AGC [S] 29• C
AUA [I] 207• ACA [T] 242• AAA [K] 517• † AGA [R] 110• A
AUG [M] 233•• ACG [T] 54 AAG [K] 75 AGG [R] 15 G

G GUU [V] 311 GCU [A] 186 GAU [D] 221 GGU [G] 299 U
GUC [V] 38 GCC [A] 35 GAC [D] 39• GGC [G] 41• C
GUA [V] 204• GCA [A] 225• GAA [E] 283• GGA [G] 131• A
GUG [V] 62 GCG [A] 64 GAG [E] 65 GGG [G] 83 G

The frequency of each codon is shown and dots indicate the presence of a corresponding tRNA gene in the mtDNA. †: 'trnK(uuu)' identified in the genome may be a pseudogene (see discussion).