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. 2012 Feb 28;8:572. doi: 10.1038/msb.2012.3

Table 1. The codon preferences for the sets of human cell cycle-regulated genes: B1, B2 and top-600 sets (Jensen et al, 2006).

Aa Codon 5′ → 3′ Preferences human
P-values human
Anticodon 3′ → 5′ Binding at third position Affinity Organisma
    B1 B2 Top-600 B1 B2 Top-600       S.p. S.c. A.t.
P-values were calculated using bootstrapping procedure over 10 000 random samples. The binding affinity was found from the study of Watkins and SantaLucia (2005). Non-optimal codons characterized by low codon–anticodon affinities are presented in bold. Human cell cycle-regulated genes usually have high preferences for these codons. Most of the preferences in human are supported by that of Schizosaccharomyces pombe (S.p.), Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S.c.) or Arabidopsis thaliana (A.t.) for their corresponding sets of the cell cycle-regulated genes.
aS.p. is Schizosaccharomyces pombe, S.c. is Saccharomyces cerevisiae, A.t. is Arabidopsis thaliana.
Ala GCA 0.04 0.05 0.03 0.05 0.09 0.14 CGI I:A Low    
Ala GCC −0.1 −0.07 −0.04 0.0001 0.01 0.16 CGI I:C High    
Ala GCG −0.01 −0.03 −0.02 0.58 0.01 0.03 CGC C:G High
Ala GCT 0.07 0.05 0.03 0.0001 0.0001 0.05 CGI I:T Low
Arg AGA 0.07 0.05 0.04 0.02 0.14 0.13 UCU U:A Low    
Arg AGG −0.02 −0.02 −0.01 0.17 0.0001 0.02 UCC C:G High  
Arg CGA 0 0.03 0.02 0.19 0.0001 0.0001 GCI I:A Low      
Arg CGC −0.01 −0.04 −0.03 0.75 0.09 0.06 GCI I:C High      
Arg CGG −0.06 −0.04 −0.03 0.0001 0.2 0.19 GCC C:G High
Arg CGT 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.07 0.0001 0.04 GCI I:T Low  
Asn AAC −0.13 −0.11 −0.08 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 UUG G:C High    
Asn AAT 0.13 0.11 0.08 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 UUG G:T Low    
Asp GAC −0.1 −0.1 −0.07 0.01 0.0001 0.01 CUG G:C High    
Asp GAT 0.1 0.1 0.07 0.01 0.0001 0.01 CUG G:T Low    
Cys TGC −0.15 −0.12 −0.04 0.0001 0.0001 0.37 UCG G:C High
Cys TGT 0.15 0.12 0.04 0.0001 0.0001 0.37 UCG G:T Low
Gln CAA 0.1 0.06 0.05 0.0001 0.42 0.09 GUU U:A Low      
Gln CAG −0.1 −0.06 −0.05 0.0001 0.43 0.1 GUC C:G High      
Glu GAA 0.13 0.1 0.08 0.0001 0.03 0.04 CUU U:A Low  
Glu GAG −0.13 −0.1 −0.08 0.0001 0.04 0.04 CUC C:G High  
Gly GGA 0.04 0.05 0.04 0.35 0.15 0.29 CCU U:A Low    
Gly GGC −0.04 −0.06 −0.04 0.17 0.01 0.21 CCG G:C High    
Gly GGG −0.05 −0.03 −0.03 0.02 0.09 0.0001 CCC C:G High    
Gly GGT 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.01 0.0001 0.0001 CCG G:T Low  
His CAC −0.14 −0.13 −0.07 0.0001 0.0001 0.05 GUG G:C High  
His CAT 0.14 0.13 0.07 0.0001 0.0001 0.05 GUG G:T Low  
Ile ATA 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.12 0.08 UAI I:A Low      
Ile ATC −0.12 −0.12 −0.08 0.01 0.0001 0.02 UAI I:C High    
Ile ATT 0.07 0.07 0.04 0.02 0.0001 0.06 UAI I:T Low
Leu CTA 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.0001 0.03 0.02 GUI I:A Low    
Leu CTC −0.05 −0.04 −0.03 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 GUI I:C High  
Leu CTG −0.1 −0.08 −0.06 0.0001 0.04 0.02 GUC C:G High      
Leu CTT 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.06 0.01 0.05 GUI I:T Low  
Leu TTA 0.06 0.04 0.03 0.0001 0.03 0.0001 AAU U:A Low    
Leu TTG 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 AAC C:G High  
Lys AAA 0.04 0.09 0.06 0.43 0.01 0.11 UUU U:A Low      
Lys AAG −0.04 −0.09 −0.06 0.44 0.01 0.11 UUC C:G High      
Met ATG 0 0 0 1 1 1 UAC C:G High
Phe TTC −0.13 −0.1 −0.07 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 AAG G:C High    
Phe TTT 0.13 0.1 0.07 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 AAG G:T Low    
Pro CCA 0.07 0.04 0.04 0.01 0.06 0.02 GGI I:A Low
Pro CCC −0.1 −0.06 −0.06 0.0001 0.02 0.0001 GGI I:C High  
Pro CCG −0.02 −0.03 −0.02 0.19 0.02 0.07 GGC C:G High
Pro CCT 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.01 0.0001 0.0001 GGI I:T Low      
Ser AGC −0.05 −0.05 −0.03 0.0001 0.0001 0.02 UCG G:C High  
Ser AGT 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.0001 0.0001 UCG G:T Low      
Ser TCA 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.1 0.02 0.34 AGI I:A Low    
Ser TCC −0.05 −0.04 −0.03 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 AGI I:C High    
Ser TCG −0.02 −0.02 −0.02 0.0001 0.01 0.57 AGC C:G High  
Ser TCT 0.06 0.04 0.03 0.0001 0.0001 0.01 AGI I:T Low
Thr ACA 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.63 0.29 0.72 UGI I:A Low    
Thr ACC −0.05 −0.07 −0.05 0.09 0.0001 0.1 UGI I:C High    
Thr ACG −0.05 −0.03 −0.02 0.0001 0.0001 0.11 UGC C:G High
Thr ACT 0.09 0.07 0.05 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 UGI I:T Low
Trp TGG 0 0 0 1 1 1 ACC G:C High
Tyr TAC −0.08 −0.1 −0.06 0.03 0.0001 0.05 AUG G:C High    
Tyr TAT 0.08 0.1 0.06 0.04 0.0001 0.05 AUG G:T Low    
Val GTA 0.07 0.05 0.03 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 CUI I:A Low      
Val GTC −0.05 −0.05 −0.03 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 CUI I:C High    
Val GTG −0.09 −0.06 −0.05 0.01 0.15 0.03 CUC C:G High    
Val GTT 0.07 0.06 0.05 0.01 0.01 0.01 CUI I:T Low