Skip to main content
. 2020 Dec 2;7(3):92–94. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1721080

Table 1. Codon usage bias between human ORFeome and polyprotein ORFs from HCoV-OC43 and SARS-CoV-2: a representative analysis of eight codons a b c .

Aa Codon Homo sapiens HCoV-OC43 d
Isolate: 1987
HCoV-OC43 e
Isolate: 1990
HCoV-OC43 f
Isolate: 2011
SARS-CoV-2 g
Isolate: 2019
SARS-CoV-2 h
Isolate:2020
Asp GAT 21.8 54.5 54.5 54.8 35.4 35.5
Phe TTT 17.6 50.2 49.8 50.6 35.8 35.9
Ile ATT 16.0 30.7 30.6 31.1 23.8 23.9
Leu TTG 12.9 32.4 32.4 32.4 16.3 16.5
Asn AAT 17.0 41.7 41.7 41.9 37.8 37.9
Arg CGT 4.5 12.0 11.8 11.7 8.3 8.2
Ser AGT 12.1 25.2 25.7 25.8 16.8 16.7
Tyr TAT 12.2 45.5 45.5 45.9 29.3 29.2

Abbreviations: HCoV-OC43, human coronavirus OC43; ORF, open reading frame; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

a

Codon frequency expressed per thousand.

b

Codon usage of Homo sapiens obtained at www.kazusa.or.jp/codon. 10

c

Codon usage of polyprotein ORFs obtained at www.geneinfinity.org .

d

HCoV-OC43/human/USA/1987; GenBank: KF530083.1; ID = AGT51637.1; taxon:31631.

e

HCoV-OC43/human/USA/1990; GenBank: KF530088.1; ID = AGT51687.1; taxon:31631.

f

HCoV-OC43/UK/London/2011; GenBank: KU131570.1; ID = AMK59674.1; taxon:31631.

g

SARS-CoV-2/Wuhan-Hu-1/2019; GenBank:MN908947.3; ID = QHD43415.1; taxon:2697049.

h

SARS-CoV-2/UW239/2020/USA; GenBank: MT251975.1; ID = QIQ68493.1; taxon:2697049.