TABLE 4.
Codon content of amino acid and stop codon of 8 species.
| C. sichuanensis | A. compactum | A. oxyphylla | W. villosa | Z. officinale | K. galanga | S. involucratus | L. tsaoko | ||
| Amino acid | Codon | RSCUa | |||||||
| Ala | GCA | 1.31 | 1.29 | 1.29 | 1.29 | 1.25 | 1.29 | 1.32 | 1.29 |
| Ala | GCC | 0.56 | 0.54 | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.58 | 0.56 | 0.55 | 0.56 |
| Ala | GCG | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.33 |
| Ala | GCU | 1.81 | 1.83 | 1.85 | 1.83 | 1.86 | 1.83 | 1.81 | 1.82 |
| Cys | UGC | 0.54 | 0.55 | 0.53 | 0.55 | 0.5 | 0.54 | 0.56 | 0.55 |
| Cys | UGU | 1.45 | 1.45 | 1.47 | 1.45 | 1.5 | 1.46 | 1.44 | 1.45 |
| Asp | GAC | 0.35 | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.38 |
| Asp | GAU | 1.65 | 1.63 | 1.62 | 1.63 | 1.64 | 1.63 | 1.64 | 1.62 |
| Glu | GAA | 1.49 | 1.5 | 1.52 | 1.5 | 1.49 | 1.51 | 1.5 | 1.51 |
| Glu | GAG | 0.51 | 0.5 | 0.48 | 0.5 | 0.51 | 0.49 | 0.51 | 0.49 |
| Phe | UUC | 0.71 | 0.7 | 0.68 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.69 | 0.71 | 0.7 |
| Phe | UUU | 1.29 | 1.3 | 1.32 | 1.29 | 1.29 | 1.31 | 1.29 | 1.3 |
| Gly | GGA | 1.59 | 1.61 | 1.6 | 1.59 | 1.59 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.59 |
| Gly | GGC | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.34 |
| Gly | GGG | 0.67 | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.67 | 0.61 | 0.62 | 0.67 | 0.68 |
| Gly | GGU | 1.4 | 1.41 | 1.44 | 1.4 | 1.43 | 1.42 | 1.39 | 1.39 |
| His | CAC | 0.43 | 0.42 | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.45 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.43 |
| His | CAU | 1.57 | 1.58 | 1.59 | 1.58 | 1.55 | 1.56 | 1.56 | 1.57 |
| Ile | AUA | 0.97 | 0.96 | 0.98 | 0.97 | 0.96 | 0.98 | 0.97 | 0.99 |
| Ile | AUC | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.53 | 0.55 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 0.56 | 0.54 |
| Ile | AUU | 1.48 | 1.48 | 1.49 | 1.48 | 1.51 | 1.49 | 1.47 | 1.48 |
| Lys | AAA | 1.47 | 1.47 | 1.47 | 1.47 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.47 | 1.43 |
| Lys | AAG | 0.53 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.53 | 0.57 |
| Leu | CUA | 0.8 | 0.79 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.76 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.84 |
| Leu | CUC | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.41 | 0.4 | 0.39 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Leu | CUG | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.4 | 0.38 |
| Leu | CUU | 1.24 | 1.24 | 1.24 | 1.26 | 1.23 | 1.23 | 1.24 | 1.27 |
| Leu | UUA | 1.86 | 1.89 | 1.93 | 1.88 | 1.94 | 1.95 | 1.84 | 1.83 |
| Leu | UUG | 1.31 | 1.3 | 1.26 | 1.29 | 1.3 | 1.25 | 1.31 | 1.28 |
| Met | AUG | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Asn | AAC | 0.47 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.45 | 0.47 | 0.48 | 0.48 |
| Asn | AAU | 1.53 | 1.54 | 1.54 | 1.54 | 1.55 | 1.53 | 1.52 | 1.52 |
| Pro | CCA | 1.18 | 1.2 | 1.19 | 1.18 | 1.18 | 1.15 | 1.18 | 1.19 |
| Pro | CCC | 0.73 | 0.75 | 0.77 | 0.74 | 0.77 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.73 |
| Pro | CCG | 0.48 | 0.47 | 0.44 | 0.47 | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.48 |
| Pro | CCU | 1.62 | 1.58 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.57 | 1.6 | 1.61 | 1.59 |
| Gln | CAA | 1.52 | 1.51 | 1.52 | 1.51 | 1.51 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 1.52 |
| Gln | CAG | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.48 |
| Arg | AGA | 1.9 | 1.88 | 1.89 | 1.9 | 1.94 | 1.88 | 1.87 | 1.93 |
| Arg | AGG | 0.75 | 0.74 | 0.7 | 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.7 | 0.78 | 0.75 |
| Arg | CGA | 1.25 | 1.27 | 1.27 | 1.27 | 1.24 | 1.29 | 1.24 | 1.24 |
| Arg | CGC | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.35 |
| Arg | CGG | 0.46 | 0.47 | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.45 |
| Arg | CGU | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.38 | 1.28 | 1.36 | 1.36 | 1.3 | 1.28 |
| Ser | AGC | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.36 |
| Ser | AGU | 1.23 | 1.22 | 1.3 | 1.22 | 1.34 | 1.31 | 1.22 | 1.2 |
| Ser | UCA | 1.18 | 1.15 | 1.15 | 1.16 | 1.16 | 1.17 | 1.17 | 1.19 |
| Ser | UCC | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.95 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.95 | 1 | 0.97 |
| Ser | UCG | 0.55 | 0.58 | 0.54 | 0.57 | 0.54 | 0.53 | 0.56 | 0.59 |
| Ser | UCU | 1.69 | 1.71 | 1.7 | 1.72 | 1.64 | 1.69 | 1.69 | 1.7 |
| Thr | ACA | 1.28 | 1.28 | 1.28 | 1.28 | 1.25 | 1.29 | 1.27 | 1.28 |
| Thr | ACC | 0.72 | 0.69 | 0.69 | 0.7 | 0.67 | 0.69 | 0.71 | 0.7 |
| Thr | ACG | 0.47 | 0.46 | 0.45 | 0.47 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.46 | 0.46 |
| Thr | ACU | 1.54 | 1.58 | 1.58 | 1.55 | 1.64 | 1.58 | 1.56 | 1.57 |
| Val | GUA | 1.48 | 1.51 | 1.49 | 1.49 | 1.5 | 1.48 | 1.5 | 1.47 |
| Val | GUC | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.47 | 0.5 | 0.48 |
| Val | GUG | 0.57 | 0.55 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.57 | 0.58 |
| Val | GUU | 1.46 | 1.45 | 1.49 | 1.45 | 1.46 | 1.49 | 1.44 | 1.46 |
| Trp | UGG | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tyr | UAC | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.44 |
| Tyr | UAU | 1.56 | 1.57 | 1.57 | 1.57 | 1.57 | 1.56 | 1.57 | 1.56 |
| Stop* | UAA | 1.28 | 1.23 | 1.3 | 1.28 | 1.43 | 1.33 | 1.26 | 1.22 |
| Stop* | UAG | 0.91 | 0.94 | 0.91 | 0.93 | 0.83 | 0.92 | 0.9 | 1 |
| Stop* | UGA | 0.81 | 0.83 | 0.79 | 0.8 | 0.75 | 0.76 | 0.83 | 0.78 |
aRelative synonymous codon usage; * Stop codon.