Genetic Code - RNA Codon Table

RNA Codon Table

nonpolar polar basic acidic (stop codon)
Standard genetic code
1st
base		 2nd base 3rd
base
U C A G
U UUU (Phe/F) Phenylalanine UCU (Ser/S) Serine UAU (Tyr/Y) Tyrosine UGU (Cys/C) Cysteine U
UUC UCC UAC UGC C
UUA (Leu/L) Leucine UCA UAA Stop (Ochre) UGA Stop (Opal) A
UUG UCG UAG Stop (Amber) UGG (Trp/W) Tryptophan G
C CUU CCU (Pro/P) Proline CAU (His/H) Histidine CGU (Arg/R) Arginine U
CUC CCC CAC CGC C
CUA CCA CAA (Gln/Q) Glutamine CGA A
CUG CCG CAG CGG G
A AUU (Ile/I) Isoleucine ACU (Thr/T) Threonine AAU (Asn/N) Asparagine AGU (Ser/S) Serine U
AUC ACC AAC AGC C
AUA ACA AAA (Lys/K) Lysine AGA (Arg/R) Arginine A
AUG (Met/M) Methionine ACG AAG AGG G
G GUU (Val/V) Valine GCU (Ala/A) Alanine GAU (Asp/D) Aspartic acid GGU (Gly/G) Glycine U
GUC GCC GAC GGC C
GUA GCA GAA (Glu/E) Glutamic acid GGA A
GUG GCG GAG GGG G
A The codon AUG both codes for methionine and serves as an initiation site: the first AUG in an mRNA's coding region is where translation into protein begins.
Inverse table (compressed using IUPAC notation)
Amino acid Codons Compressed Amino acid Codons Compressed
Ala/A GCU, GCC, GCA, GCG GCN Leu/L UUA, UUG, CUU, CUC, CUA, CUG YUR, CUN
Arg/R CGU, CGC, CGA, CGG, AGA, AGG CGN, MGR Lys/K AAA, AAG AAR
Asn/N AAU, AAC AAY Met/M AUG
Asp/D GAU, GAC GAY Phe/F UUU, UUC UUY
Cys/C UGU, UGC UGY Pro/P CCU, CCC, CCA, CCG CCN
Gln/Q CAA, CAG CAR Ser/S UCU, UCC, UCA, UCG, AGU, AGC UCN, AGY
Glu/E GAA, GAG GAR Thr/T ACU, ACC, ACA, ACG ACN
Gly/G GGU, GGC, GGA, GGG GGN Trp/W UGG
His/H CAU, CAC CAY Tyr/Y UAU, UAC UAY
Ile/I AUU, AUC, AUA AUH Val/V GUU, GUC, GUA, GUG GUN
START AUG STOP UAA, UGA, UAG UAR, URA

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