Article: The Ascidian Mitochondrial Code (transl_table=13)
Code AAs = FFLLSSSSYY**CCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIMMTTTTNNKKSSGGVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = ---M------------------------------MM---------------M------------ Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Differences from the standard code
Code 13 Standard AGA Gly Arg AGG Gly Arg AUA Met Ile UGA Trp Ter
Systematic range and comments
There is evidence from a phylogenetically diverse sample of tunicates (Urochordata) that AGA and AGG code for glycine. In other organisms, AGA/AGG code for either arginine or serine and in vertebrate mitochondria they code a STOP. Evidence for glycine translation of AGA/AGG has been found in Pyura stolonifera{pubmed}10352185{pubmed}Kondow et al. 1999{pubmed}8381878{pubmed}Yokobori et al., 1993{pubmed}10581290{pubmed}Yokobori et al. 1999/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?name=Ciona+savignyiCiona savignyi{pubmed}14738316{pubmed}Yokobori et al. 2003/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?name=Halocynthia+roretziHalocynthia roretzihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/framik.cgi?db=genome&gi=15273mitochondrial genome{pubmed}10352185{pubmed}Kondow et al. 1999{pubmed}10581290{pubmed}Yokobori et al. 1999
Alternative initiation codons
ATA, GTG and TTG (Yokobori et al. 1999).
ATT is the start codon for the CytB gene in Halocynthia roretzi (Gissi and Pesole, 2003).
See also
List of genetic codes
References
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Source: The Genetic Codes
Compiled by Andrzej (Anjay) Elzanowski and Jim Ostell at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.
Last update of the Genetic Codes: Aug. 10, 2023
NCBI takes great care to ensure that the translation for each coding sequence (CDS) present in GenBank records is correct. Central to this effort is careful checking on the taxonomy of each record and assignment of the correct genetic code (shown as a /transl_table qualifier on the CDS in the flat files) for each organism and record. This page summarizes and references this work.
The synopsis presented below is based primarily on the reviews by
Osawa et al. (1992) and Jukes and Osawa
(1993). Listed in square brackets [] (under
Systematic Range
) are tentative assignments of a particular code based on sequence homology and/or phylogenetic relationships.
The print-form ASN.1 version of this document, which includes all the genetic codes outlined below, is also available
here
. Detailed information on codon usage can be found at the
Codon Usage Database .
GenBank format by historical convention displays mRNA sequences using the DNA alphabet. Thus, for the convenience of people reading GenBank records, the genetic code tables shown here use T instead of U. The initiator codon - whether it is AUG, CTG, TTG or something else, - is by default translated as methionine (Met, M). The possible intiator codons are marked as 'M' in the second ('Starts') row of the translation tables.
Currently, genetic codes can be set independently for nucleus, mitochondria, plastids and hydrogenosomes. The current settings for each of these on the taxonomic tree can be viewed by the four buttons directly underneath the following code list.
The following genetic codes are described here:
1. The Standard Code
2. The Vertebrate Mitochondrial Code
3. The Yeast Mitochondrial Code
4. The Mold, Protozoan, and Coelenterate Mitochondrial Code and the Mycoplasma/Spiroplasma Code
5. The Invertebrate Mitochondrial Code
6. The Ciliate, Dasycladacean and Hexamita Nuclear Code
9. The Echinoderm and Flatworm Mitochondrial Code
10. The Euplotid Nuclear Code
11. The Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid Code
12. The Alternative Yeast Nuclear Code
13. The Ascidian Mitochondrial Code
14. The Alternative Flatworm Mitochondrial Code
15. Blepharisma Nuclear Code
16. Chlorophycean Mitochondrial Code
21. Trematode Mitochondrial Code
22. Scenedesmus obliquus Mitochondrial Code
23. Thraustochytrium Mitochondrial Code
24. Rhabdopleuridae Mitochondrial Code
25. Candidate Division SR1 and Gracilibacteria Code
26. Pachysolen tannophilus Nuclear Code
27. Karyorelict Nuclear Code
28. Condylostoma Nuclear Code
29. Mesodinium Nuclear Code
30. Peritrich Nuclear Code
31. Blastocrithidia Nuclear Code
33. Cephalodiscidae Mitochondrial UAA-Tyr Code
1. The Standard Code (transl_table=1)
By default all transl_table in GenBank flatfiles are equal to id 1, and this is
not
shown. When transl_table is not equal to id 1, it is shown as a qualifier on the CDS feature.
AAs = FFLLSSSSYY**CC*WLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = ---M------**--*----M---------------M---------------------------- Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Initiation Codon: AUG Alternative Initiation Codons:
In rare cases, translation in eukaryotes can be initiated from codons other than AUG. A well documented case (including direct protein sequencing) is the GUG start of a ribosomal P protein of the fungus
Candida albicans ( Abramczyk et al.
) and the GUG initiation in mammalian NAT1 (
Takahashi et al. 2005
).
Other examples can be found in the following references:
Peabody 1989 ;
Prats et al. 1989
;
Hann et al. 1992
;
Sugihara et al. 1990
. The standard code currently allows initiation from UUG and CUG in addition to AUG.
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2. The Vertebrate Mitochondrial Code (transl_table=2)
AAs = FFLLSSSSYY**CCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIMMTTTTNNKKSS**VVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = ----------**--------------------MMMM----------**---M------------ Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Differences from the Standard Code:
Code 2 Standard
AGA Ter * Arg R
AGG Ter * Arg R
AUA Met M Ile I
UGA Trp W Ter *
Alternative Initiation Codons: Bos: AUA Homo: AUA, AUU
Mus: AUA, AUU, AUC
Coturnix, Gallus: also GUG (
Desjardins and Morais, 1991
) Systematic Range: Vertebrata Comments:
AGA and AGG were thought to have become mitochondrial stop codons early in vertebrate evolution (
Osawa, Ohama, Jukes & Watanabe 1989
). However, at least in humans it has now been shown that AGA and AGG sequences are not recognized as termination codons. A -1 mitoribosome frameshift occurs at the AGA and AGG codons predicted to terminate the CO1 and ND6 ORFs, and consequently both ORFs terminate in the standard UAG codon (
Temperley et al. 2010
).
Mitochondrial genes in some vertebrate (including humans) have incomplete stop codons ending in U or UA, which become complete termination codons (UAA) upon subsequent polyadenylation (
Hou et al. 2006
;
Oh et al. 2007
;
Ki et al. 2010
;
Temperley R J et al 2010
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3. The Yeast Mitochondrial Code (transl_table=3)
AAs = FFLLSSSSYY**CCWWTTTTPPPPHHQQRRRRIIMMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = ----------**----------------------MM---------------M------------ Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Differences from the Standard Code:
Code 3 Standard
AUA Met M Ile I
CUU Thr T Leu L
CUC Thr T Leu L
CUA Thr T Leu L
CUG Thr T Leu L
UGA Trp W Ter *
Systematic Range: Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Candida glabrata , Hansenula saturnus , and Kluyveromyces thermotolerans (
Clark-Walker and Weiller, 1994
) Comments:
GUG (GTG) is used as a start codon for a few proteins in some
Saccharomyces species (
Sulo et al. 2017
). The remaining CGN codons are rare in
Saccharomyces cerevisiae and absent in Candida glabrata (= Torulopsis glabrata ).
The AUA codon is common in the gene var1 coding for the single mitochondrial ribosomal protein, but rare in genes encoding the enzymes.
The coding assignments of the AUA (Met or Ile) and CUU (possibly Leu, not Thr) are uncertain in
Hansenula saturnus .
The coding assignment of Thr to CUN is uncertain in
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4. The Mold, Protozoan, and Coelenterate Mitochondrial Code and the Mycoplasma/Spiroplasma Code (transl_table=4)
AAs = FFLLSSSSYY**CCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = --MM------**-------M------------MMMM---------------M------------ Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Differences from the Standard Code:
Code 4 Standard
UGA Trp W Ter *
Alternative Initiation Codons: Trypanosoma
: UUA, UUG, CUG
Leishmania : AUU, AUA Tertrahymena
: AUU, AUA, AUG
Paramecium
: AUU, AUA, AUG, AUC, GUG, GUA(?)
(
Pritchard et al., 1990
) Systematic Range: Bacteria
: The code is used in
Entomoplasmatales and Mycoplasmatales (
Bove et al. 1989
). The situation in the
Acholeplasmatales
is unclear. Based on a study of ribosomal protein genes, it had been concluded that UGA does not code for tryptophan in plant-pathogenic mycoplasma-like organisms (MLO) and the
Acholeplasmataceae (
Lim and Sears, 1992
) and there seems to be only a single tRNA-CCA for tryptophan in
Acholeplasma laidlawii (
Tanaka et al. 1989
). In contrast, in a study of codon usage in
Phytoplasmas
, it was found that 30 out of 78 ORFs analyzed translated better with code 4 (UGA for tryptophan) than with code 11 while the remainder showed no differences between the two codes (
Melamed et al. 2003
). In addition, the coding reassignment of UGA Stop --> Trp can be found in an alpha-proteobacterial symbiont of cicadas:
Candidatus Hodgkinia cicadicola (
McCutcheon et al. 2009
). Fungi : Emericella nidulans , Neurospora crassa , Podospora anserina , Acremonium ( Fox, 1987 ), Candida parapsilosis (
Guelin et al., 1991
), Trichophyton rubrum (
de Bievre and Dujon, 1992
), Dekkera/Brettanomyces, Eeniella (
Hoeben et al., 1993
), and probably Ascobolus immersus , Aspergillus amstelodami , Claviceps purpurea , and Cochliobolus heterostrophus . Other Eukaryotes : Gigartinales
among the red algae (
Boyen et al. 1994
), and the protozoa
Trypanosoma brucei , Leishmania tarentolae , Paramecium tetraurelia , Tetrahymena pyriformis and probably Plasmodium gallinaceum (
Aldritt et al., 1989
). Metazoa : Coelenterata (Ctenophora and Cnidaria) Comments:
This code is also used for the kinetoplast DNA (maxicircles, minicircles). Kinetoplasts are modified mitochondria (or their parts).
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5. The Invertebrate Mitochondrial Code (transl_table=5)
AAs = FFLLSSSSYY**CCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIMMTTTTNNKKSSSSVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = ---M------**--------------------MMMM---------------M------------ Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Comment:
The codon AGG is absent in Drosophila.
Differences from the Standard Code:
Code 5 Standard
AGA Ser S Arg R
AGG Ser S Arg R
AUA Met M Ile I
UGA Trp W Ter *
Alternative Initiation Codons: AUA, AUU AUC: Apis (
Crozier and Crozier, 1993
) GUG: Polyplacophora (
Boore and Brown, 1994
GenBank Accession Number: U09810 ) UUG: Ascaris, Caenorhabditis Systematic Range: Nematoda : Ascaris, Caenorhabditis; Mollusca : Bivalvia (
Hoffmann et al., 1992
); Polyplacophora (
Boore and Brown, 1994
) Arthropoda/Crustacea : Artemia (
Batuecas et al., 1988
); Arthropoda/Insecta
: Drosophila [Locusta migratoria (migratory locust), Apis mellifera (honeybee)]
Comments:
Several arthropods translate the codon AGG as lysine instead of serine (as in the invertebrate mitochondrial genetic code) or arginine (as in the standard genetic code) (
Abascal et al., 2006
).
GUG may possibly function as an initiator in Drosophila (
Clary and Wolstenholme, 1985
;
Gadaleta et al., 1988
). AUU is not used as an initiator in Mytilus (
Hoffmann et al., 1992
).
"An exceptional mechanism must operate for initiation of translation of the cytochrome oxidase subunit I mRNA in both D. melanogaster (
de Bruijn, 1983
) and D. yakuba (
Clary and Wolstenholme 1983
), since its only plausible initiation codon, AUA, is out of frame with the rest of the gene. Initiation appears to require the "reading" of of an AUAA quadruplet, which would be equivalent to initiation at AUA followed immediately by a specific ribosomal frameshift. Another possible mechanism ... is that the mRNA is "edited" to bring the AUA initiation into frame." (
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6. The Ciliate, Dasycladacean and Hexamita Nuclear Code (transl_table=6)
AAs = FFLLSSSSYYQQCC*WLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = --------------*--------------------M---------------------------- Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Differences from the Standard Code:
Code 6 Standard
UAA Gln Q Ter *
UAG Gln Q Ter *
Systematic Range: Ciliata
: Oxytricha and Stylonychia (
Hoffman et al. 1995
), Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Oxytrichidae and probably Glaucoma chattoni.
Dasycladaceae : Acetabularia (
Schneider et al., 1989
) and Batophora (
Schneider and de Groot, 1991
). Diplomonadida :
Scope: Hexamita inflata, Diplomonadida ATCC50330, and ATCC50380.
Ref.:
Keeling, P.J. and Doolittle, W.F. 1996.
. A non-canonical genetic code in an early diverging eukaryotic lineage. The EMBO Journal 15, 2285-2290.
Comment:
The ciliate macronuclear code has not been determined completely. The codon UAA is known to code for Gln only in the Oxytrichidae.
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9. The Echinoderm and Flatworm Mitochondrial Code (transl_table=9)
AAs = FFLLSSSSYY**CCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNNKSSSSVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = ----------**-----------------------M---------------M------------ Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Differences from the Standard Code:
Code 9 Standard
AAA Asn N Lys K
AGA Ser S Arg R
AGG Ser S Arg R
UGA Trp W Ter *
Systematic Range: Asterozoa (starfishes) (
Himeno et al., 1987
) Echinozoa (sea urchins) (
Jacobs et al., 1988
;
Cantatore et al., 1989
) Rhabditophora
among the Platyhelminthes (
Telford et al. 2000
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10. The Euplotid Nuclear Code (transl_table=10)
AAs = FFLLSSSSYY**CCCWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = ----------**-----------------------M---------------------------- Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Differences from the Standard Code:
Code 10 Standard
UGA Cys C Ter *
Systematic Range: Ciliata : Euplotidae (
Hoffman et al. 1995
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11. The Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid Code (transl_table=11)
AAs = FFLLSSSSYY**CC*WLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = ---M------**--*----M------------MMMM---------------M------------ Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Systematic Range and Comments:
Table 11 is used for Bacteria, Archaea, prokaryotic viruses and chloroplast proteins. As in the standard code, initiation is most efficient at AUG. In addition, GUG and UUG starts are documented in Archaea and Bacteria (
Kozak 1983 ,
Fotheringham et al. 1986
,
Golderer et al. 1995
,
Nolling et al. 1995
,
Sazuka & Ohara 1996
,
Genser et al. 1998
,
Wang et al. 2003
). In E. coli, UUG is estimated to serve as initiator for about 3% of the bacterium's proteins (
Blattner et al. 1997
). CUG is known to function as an initiator for one plasmid-encoded protein (RepA) in Escherichia coli (
Spiers and Bergquist, 1992
). 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 (
Polard et al. 1991
,
Liveris et al. 1993
,
Sazuka & Ohara 1996
,
Binns & Masters 2002
). The internal assignments are the same as in the standard code though UGA codes at low efficiency for Trp in Bacillus subtilis and, presumably, in Escherichia coli (
Hatfiled and Diamond, 1993
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12. The Alternative Yeast Nuclear Code (transl_table=12)
AAs = FFLLSSSSYY**CC*WLLLSPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = ----------**--*----M---------------M---------------------------- Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Differences from the Standard Code:
Code 12 Standard CUG Ser Leu Alternative Initiation Codons:
CAG may be used in Candida albicans (
Santos et al., 1993
).
Systematic Range and Comments:
In code 12 the CUG codon has been reassigned from Leu to Ser (
Santos et al., 2011
,
Mateus et al., 2013
,
Krassowski et al., 2018
). This code is used by the fungal CUG-Ser1 and CUG-Ser2 clades that represent separate monophyletic lineages of the Saccharomycotina (
Li et al., 2021
). In the NCBI taxonomy, CUG-Ser1 currently comprises the three families Cephaloascaceae, Debaryomycetaceae and Metschnikowiaceae and the genus Babjeviella. The CUG-Ser1 clade includes important human pathogens like Candida albicans and the multidrug-resistant Candida auris. The CUG-Ser2 clade represents a parallel reassignment of CUG and includes species in the families Ascoideaceae and Saccharomycopsidaceae. Most other true yeasts (Saccharomycotina) use the standard code however.
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13. The Ascidian Mitochondrial Code (transl_table=13)
AAs = FFLLSSSSYY**CCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIMMTTTTNNKKSSGGVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = ---M------**----------------------MM---------------M------------ Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Differences from the Standard Code:
Code 13 Standard
AGA Gly G Arg R
AGG Gly G Arg R
AUA Met M Ile I
UGA Trp W Ter *
Systematic range and Comments:
There is evidence from a phylogenetically diverse sample of tunicates (Urochordata) that AGA and AGG code for glycine. In other organisms, AGA/AGG code for either arginine or serine and in vertebrate mitochondria they code a STOP. Evidence for glycine translation of AGA/AGG has been found in Pyura stolonifera (
Durrheim et al. 1993
), Halocynthia roretzi (
Kondow et al. 1999
,
Yokobori et al., 1993
,
Yokobori et al. 1999
) and Ciona savignyi (
Yokobori et al. 2003
).
In addition, the Halocynthia roretzi mitochondrial genome encodes an additional tRNA gene with the anticodon U*CU that is thought to enable the use of AGA or AGG codons for glycine and the gene has been shown to be transcribed in vivo (
Kondow et al. 1999
,
Yokobori et al. 1999
). Alternative initiation codons:
ATA, GTG and TTG (
Yokobori et al. 1999
). ATT is the start codon for the CytB gene in
Halocynthia roretzi (
Gissi and Pesole, 2003
). Back to top
14. The Alternative Flatworm Mitochondrial Code (transl_table=14)
AAs = FFLLSSSSYYY*CCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNNKSSSSVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = -----------*-----------------------M---------------------------- Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Differences from the Standard Code:
Code 14 Standard
AAA Asn N Lys K
AGA Ser S Arg R
AGG Ser S Arg R
UAA Tyr Y Ter *
UGA Trp W Ter *
Systematic Range:
Platyhelminthes (flatworms) and Nematoda (roundworms)
Comments:
Code 14 differs from code 9 only by translating UAA to Tyr rather than STOP. A recent study (
Telford et al. 2000
) has found no evidence that the codon UAA codes for Tyr in the flatworms but other opinions exist. There are very few GenBank records that are translated with code 14 but a test translation shows that retranslating these records with code 9 can cause premature terminations. More recently, UAA has been found to code for tyrosine in the nematodes Radopholus similis and Radopholus arabocoffeae (
Jacob et al. 2009
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15. Blepharisma Nuclear Code (transl_table=15)
AAs = FFLLSSSSYY*QCC*WLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = ----------*---*--------------------M---------------------------- Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Differences from the Standard Code:
Code 15 Standard
TAG Gln Q STOP
Systematic Range: Crassvirales :
Experimental validation that human microbiome phages use alternative genetic coding. Peters et al., Nature Communications 2022
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16. Chlorophycean Mitochondrial Code (transl_table=16)
AAs = FFLLSSSSYY*LCC*WLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = ----------*---*--------------------M---------------------------- Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Differences from the Standard Code:
Code 16 Standard
TAG Leu L STOP
Systematic Range: Chlorophyceae (
Hayashi-Ishimaru et al. 1996
. UAG is a sense codon in several chlorophycean mitochondria) and the chytridiomycete fungus
Spizellomyces punctatus (
Laforest et al. 1997
. Mitochondrial tRNAs in the lower fungus Spizellomyces punctatus: tRNA editing and UAG 'stop' codons recognized as leucine).
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21. Trematode Mitochondrial Code (transl_table=21)
AAs = FFLLSSSSYY**CCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIMMTTTTNNNKSSSSVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = ----------**-----------------------M---------------M------------ Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Differences from the Standard Code:
Code 21 Standard
TGA Trp W STOP
ATA Met M Ile
AGA Ser S Arg
AGG Ser S Arg
AAA Asn N Lys
Systematic Range: Trematoda :
Ohama, T, S. Osawa, K. Watanabe, T.H. Jukes, 1990. J. Molec Evol. 30
Garey, J.R. and D.R. Wolstenholme, 1989. J. Molec. Evol. 28: 374-387 329-332.
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22. Scenedesmus obliquus Mitochondrial Code (transl_table=22)
AAs = FFLLSS*SYY*LCC*WLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = ------*---*---*--------------------M---------------------------- Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Differences from the Standard Code:
Code 22 Standard
TCA STOP * Ser
TAG Leu L STOP
Systematic Range: Scenedesmus obliquus :
Nedelcu A, Lee RW, Lemieux C, Gray MW and Burger G. "The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of Scenedesmus obliquus reflects an intermediate stage in the evolution of the green algal mitochondrial genome."
Genome Res. 2000 Jun;10(6):819-31.
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23. Thraustochytrium Mitochondrial Code (transl_table=23)
AAs = FF*LSSSSYY**CC*WLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = --*-------**--*-----------------M--M---------------M------------ Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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This code has been created for the mitochondrial genome of the labyrinthulid Thraustochytrium aureum sequenced by The Organelle Genome Megasequencing Program (
OGMP ).
It is the similar to the bacterial code (
transl_table 11
) but it contains an additional stop codon (TTA) and also has a different set of start codons.
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24. Rhabdopleuridae Mitochondrial Code (transl_table=24)
AAs = FFLLSSSSYY**CCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSSKVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = ---M------**-------M---------------M---------------M------------ Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Differences from the Standard Code:
Code 24 Standard
AGA Ser S Arg R
AGG Lys K Arg R
UGA Trp W STOP *
Code 24 has been created for the mitochondrial genome of Rhabdopleura compacta (Pterobranchia). The Pterobranchia are one of the two groups in the Hemichordata which together with the Echinodermata and Chordata form the three major lineages of deuterostomes. AUA translates to isoleucine in Rhabdopleura as it does in the Echinodermata and Enteropneusta while AUA encodes methionine in the Chordata. The assignment of AGG to Lys is not found elsewhere in deuterostome mitochondria but it occurs in some taxa of Arthropoda (
Perseke et al. 2011
). Code 24 shares with many other mitochondrial codes the reassignment of the UGA STOP to Trp, and AGG and AGA to an amino acid other than Arg. The initiation codons in Rhabdopleura compacta are ATG and GTG (
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25. Candidate Division SR1 and Gracilibacteria Code (transl_table=25)
AAs = FFLLSSSSYY**CCGWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = ---M------**-----------------------M---------------M------------ Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Differences from the Standard Code:
Code 25 Standard UGA Gly STOP Initiation Codons: AUG, GUG, UUG Systematic Range: Candidate Division SR1 , Gracilibacteria Comments:
Code 25 is used in two groups of (so far) uncultivated Bacteria found in marine and fresh-water environment and in the intestines and oral cavities of mammals among others. The difference to the standard and the bacterial code is that UGA represents an additional glycine codon and does not code for termination (
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26. Pachysolen tannophilus Nuclear Code (transl_table=26)
AAs = FFLLSSSSYY**CC*WLLLAPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = ----------**--*----M---------------M---------------------------- Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Differences from the Standard Code:
Code 26 Standard CUG Ala Leu Initiation Codons: AUG, GUG, UUG Systematic Range:
species in the genera Nakazawaea, Pachysolen and Peterozyma
Comments:
Code 26 differs from the standard code only the translation of CUG as alanine (as opposed to leucine) (
Muhlhausen et al. 2016
). It is also similar to code 12 that translates CUG as serine. Code 26 is used by the CUG-Ala clade that include a small number of yeast genera: Nakazawaea, Pachysolen and Peterozyma (
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27. Karyorelict Nuclear Code (transl_table=27)
AAs = FFLLSSSSYYQQCCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = --------------*--------------------M---------------------------- Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Differences from the Standard Code:
Code 27 Standard UAG Gln STOP UAA Gln STOP
UGA STOP or Trp STOP
Initiation Codons: AUG Systematic Range:
the karyorelictid ciliate Parduczia
Comments:
Code 27 reassigns the UAG and UAA stops to glutamine while UGA can function as either STOP or tryptophan. Code 27 is used for the karyorelictid ciliate Parduczia sp. (
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28. Condylostoma Nuclear Code (transl_table=28)
AAs = FFLLSSSSYYQQCCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = ----------**--*--------------------M---------------------------- Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Differences from the Standard Code:
Code 28 Standard
UAA Gln or STOP STOP
UAG Gln or STOP STOP
UGA Trp or STOP STOP
Initiation Codons: AUG Systematic Range: Condylostoma magnum Comments:
Code 28 is used in Condylostoma magnum. The difference to the standard code is that the three stop codons can also be translated as glutamine (UAA, UAG) or tryptophan (UGA), respectively(
Swart et al. 2016
, Heaphy et al. 2016
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29. Mesodinium Nuclear Code (transl_table=29)
AAs = FFLLSSSSYYYYCC*WLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = --------------*--------------------M---------------------------- Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Differences from the Standard Code:
Code 29 Standard UAA Tyr STOP UAG Tyr STOP Initiation Codons: AUG Systematic Range:
the mesodiniid ciliates Mesodinium and Myrionecta
Comments:
Code 29 is used for the haptorid ciliates Mesodinium and Myrionecta. It differs from the standard code in reassigning the stop codons UAA and UAG to Tyrosine. (
Heaphy et al. 2016
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30. Peritrich Nuclear Code (transl_table=30)
AAs = FFLLSSSSYYEECC*WLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = --------------*--------------------M---------------------------- Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Differences from the Standard Code:
Code 30 Standard UAA Glu STOP UAG Glu STOP Initiation Codons: AUG Systematic Range:
the peritrich ciliate Carchesium
Comments:
Code 30 is used in the peritrich ciliate Carchesium. The stop codons UAA and UAG are reassigned to Glutamine. (
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31. Blastocrithidia Nuclear Code (transl_table=31)
AAs = FFLLSSSSYYEECCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = ----------**-----------------------M---------------------------- Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Differences from the Standard Code:
Code 31 Standard UGA Trp STOP
UAG Glu or STOP STOP
UAA Glu or STOP STOP
Initiation Codons: AUG Systematic Range: Blastocrithidia sp. Comments:
Code 31 is used for the trypanosome Blastocrithidia sp. UGA encodes trytophan and UAG and UAA encode glutamate and also serve as termination codons. (
Zahonova et al. 2016
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33. Cephalodiscidae Mitochondrial UAA-Tyr Code (transl_table=33)
AAs = FFLLSSSSYYY*CCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSSKVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG Starts = ---M-------*-------M---------------M---------------M------------ Base1 = TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Base2 = TTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGGTTTTCCCCAAAAGGGG Base3 = TCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAGTCAG
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Differences from the Standard Code:
Code 33 Standard UAA Tyr STOP UGA Trp STOP AGA Ser Arg AGG Lys Arg Systematic Range: Cephalodiscidae (Hemichordata) Comments:
Code 33 is very similar to the mitochondrial code 24 for the
Pterobranchia
, which also belong to the
Hemichordata
, except that it uses UAA for tyrosine rather than as a stop codon (
Li Y, Kocot KM, Tassia MG, Cannon JT, Bernt M, Halanych KM. Mitogenomics Reveals a Novel Genetic Code in Hemichordata. Genome Biol Evol. 2019 Jan 1;11(1):29-40.
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