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. 1998 Nov 24;95(24):14584.

Table 2.

Assignments of deviant codons

Representative genetic system Code Changes from SGC
Initiation codons
Codon Phenotype
Mitochondrial yeasts MYe UGA stop  ⇒ Trp AUG 1
AUA Ile  ⇒ Met
CUN Leu  ⇒ Thr
Mitochondrial platyhelminths MPl UGA stop  ⇒ Trp AUG 1
AAA Lys  ⇒ Asn
AGR Arg  ⇒ Ser
UAA stop  ⇒ Tyr
Mitochondrialnematoda MNe UGA stop  ⇒ Trp AUN UUG GUG 6
arthropoda AGR Arg  ⇒ Ser
mollusca AUA Ile  ⇒ Met
Mitochondrial echinodermata MEc UGA stop  ⇒ Trp AUG 1
AAA Lys  ⇒ Asn
AGR Arg  ⇒ Ser
Mitochondrial tunicata MTu UGA stop  ⇒ Trp AUG 1
AUA Ile  ⇒ Met
AGR Arg  ⇒ Gly
Mitochondrial vertebrata MVe UGA stop  ⇒ Trp AUN GUG 5
AUA Ile  ⇒ Met
AGR Arg  ⇒ stop
Mitochondrial euascomycetes MEu UGA stop  ⇒ Trp AUN NUG UUA 8
Nuclear mycoplasma CMy UGA stop  ⇒ Trp AUG GUG UUG 3
Nuclear euplotes CEu UGA stop  ⇒ Cys AUG 1
Nuclear acetabularia CAc UAR stop  ⇒ Gln AUG 1
Nuclear blepharisma CBl UAG stop  ⇒ Gln AUG 1
Nuclear candida CCa CUG Leu  ⇒ Ser AUG CUG 2
Nuclear bacterial CBa AUN NUG 7

N denotes any of A, U, G, and C, and R denotes A and G. The values in the initiation codons indicate the number of known initiation codons. The codon reassignments of each deviant code are arranged from top to bottom in the estimated order of reassignments. Compiled from http://www3.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Taxonomy/wprintgc?mode=c