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. 2016 Sep 7;17(1):719. doi: 10.1186/s12864-016-3054-y

Table 3.

Size of D stem and D, V and T loops of 22 tRNA genes in mt genomes of 250 fishes

D stem (bp) D loop (nt) V loop (nt) T loop (nt)
tRNA 0 3 4 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 3 4 5 6 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
H-strand coded
 Arg 250 6 153 86 4 1 1 248 1 1 2 1 244 2
 Asp 250 3 13 29 20 32 86 53 14 1 248 1 2 248
 Gly 250 17 41 61 112 19 249 1 1 1 3 243 2
 His 250 2 6 194 42 6 247 3 5 244 1
 Ile 250 3 18 116 54 53 6 248 2 1 247 2
 Leu (UUR)a 250 1 2 18 209 19 1 186 64 1 1 244 4
 Leu (CUN)a 250 1 1 29 219 4 245 1 1 249
 Lys 250 1 3 6 24 137 65 14 7 243 1 11 238
 Metb 252 182 58 12 251 1 6 243 3
 Phe 250 172 54 18 5 1 244 6 1 1 5 208 35
 Ser (AGY)a 19c 207 24 81 144 6 180 67 3 2 4 244
 Thr 250 9 27 145 47 15 6 1 14 236 1 2 7 238 1 1
 Trp 250 1 17 29 94 76 31 1 1 250 2 2 246
 Val 250 4 10 35 165 26 10 245 5 1 1 248
L-strand coded
 Ala 250 248 1 1 250 2 248
 Asn 250 2 242 6 2 248 250
 Cys 116 134 140 105 5 250 1 3 109 130 5 1 1
 Gln 250 1 236 12 1 247 3 1 1 3 244 1
 Glud 249 1 27 201 20 249 1 247 1
 Proe 248 4 29 170 32 7 5 1 247 1 1 244 2 1
 Ser (UCN)a 250 1 2 234 13 1 247 2 1 247 1 1
 Tyr 250 30 39 14 91 76 250 1 3 243 3

aDNA degeneracies are represented by IUB (International Union of Biochemistry) code: N(A C G T), R(A G), Y(C T)

b252 genes compared due to gene duplication

cD-arm replacement loop

d249 genes compared

e248 genes compared