The Genetic Code

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The genetic code

quoted from
『Molecular Cell Biology』 
by Harvey Lodish, Arnold Berk, Chris A. Kaiser and Monty Krieger

1. U
• uracil
2. C
• cytosine
3. A
• adenine
4. G
• guanine
5. Phe
• phenylalanine
6. Leu
• Leucine
7. Leu(met)
• 
  
8. Ile
• Isoleucine
9. Met(Start)
• Methionine
10. Val
• Valine
11. Val(Met)
12. Ser
• Serine
13. Pro
• Proline
14. Thr
• Threonine
15. Ala
• Alanine
16. Tyr
• Tyrosine
17. Stop
• 
  
18. His
• Histidine
19. Gln
• Glutamine
20. Asn
• Asparagine
21. Lys
• Lysine
22. Asp
• Aspartic acid
23. Glu
• Glutamic acid
24. Cys
• Cysteine
25. Stop
26. Trp
• Tryptophan
27. Arg
• Arginine
28. Gly
• Glycine

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[Reference]

• Genetic code - Wikipedia
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_code
• DNA codon table - Wikipedia
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_codon_table
• 『Molecular Cell biology』

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RNA codon table[edit]

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[A]	(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 anmRNA's coding region is where translation into protein begins.^[29]