Bacterial, archaeal and plant plastid code

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The bacterial, archaeal and plant plastid code (translation table 11) is the DNA code used by bacteria, archaea, prokaryotic viruses and chloroplast proteins. It is essentially the same as the standard code, however there are some variations in alternative start codons.

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The code

Amino-acid biochemical propertiesNonpolarPolarBasicAcidicTermination: stop codon
Standard genetic code
1st
base		2nd base3rd
base
UCAG
UUUU(Phe/F) Phenylalanine UCU(Ser/S) Serine UAU(Tyr/Y) Tyrosine UGU(Cys/C) Cysteine U
UUCUCCUACUGCC
UUA(Leu/L) Leucine UCAUAA Stop (Ochre) [B] UGA Stop (Opal) [B] A
UUG [A] UCGUAG Stop (Amber) [B] UGG(Trp/W) Tryptophan G
CCUUCCU(Pro/P) Proline CAU(His/H) Histidine CGU(Arg/R) Arginine U
CUCCCCCACCGCC
CUACCACAA(Gln/Q) Glutamine CGAA
CUG [A] CCGCAGCGGG
AAUU(Ile/I) Isoleucine ACU(Thr/T) Threonine AAU(Asn/N) Asparagine AGU(Ser/S) Serine U
AUCACCAACAGCC
AUAACAAAA(Lys/K) Lysine AGA(Arg/R) Arginine A
AUG [A] (Met/M) Methionine ACGAAGAGGG
GGUU(Val/V) Valine GCU(Ala/A) Alanine GAU(Asp/D) Aspartic acid GGU(Gly/G) Glycine U
GUCGCCGACGGCC
GUAGCAGAA(Glu/E) Glutamic acid GGAA
GUGGCGGAGGGGG
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. [1] The other start codons listed by GenBank are rare in eukaryotes and generally codes for Met/fMet. [2]
B ^ ^ ^ The historical basis for designating the stop codons as amber, ochre and opal is described in an autobiography by Sydney Brenner [3] and in a historical article by Bob Edgar. [4]

As in the standard code, initiation is most efficient at AUG. In addition, GUG and UUG starts are documented in archaea and bacteria. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] In Escherichia coli , UUG is estimated to serve as initiator for about 3% of the bacterium's proteins. [12] CUG is known to function as an initiator for one plasmid-encoded protein (RepA) in E. coli. [13] In addition to the NUG initiations, in rare cases bacteria can initiate translation from an AUU codon as e.g. in the case of poly(A) polymerase PcnB and the InfC gene that codes for translation initiation factor IF3. [14] [15] [9] [16] The internal assignments are the same as in the standard code though UGA codes at low efficiency for tryptophan in Bacillus subtilis and, presumably, in Escherichia coli. [17]

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