Template:Codon table

Amino-acid biochemical properties

Nonpolar

Polar

Basic

Acidic

Termination: stop codon

Standard genetic code (NCBI table 1)

1st base	2nd base								3rd base
	T		C		A		G
T	TTT	(Phe/F) Phenylalanine	TCT	(Ser/S) Serine	TAT	(Tyr/Y) Tyrosine	TGT	(Cys/C) Cysteine	T
	TTC		TCC		TAC		TGC		C
	TTA	(Leu/L) Leucine	TCA		TAA	Stop (Ochre)[B]	TGA	Stop (Opal)[B]	A
	TTG[A]		TCG		TAG	Stop (Amber)[B]	TGG	(Trp/W) Tryptophan	G
C	CTT		CCT	(Pro/P) Proline	CAT	(His/H) Histidine	CGT	(Arg/R) Arginine	T
	CTC		CCC		CAC		CGC		C
	CTA		CCA		CAA	(Gln/Q) Glutamine	CGA		A
	CTG		CCG		CAG		CGG		G
A	ATT	(Ile/I) Isoleucine	ACT	(Thr/T) Threonine	AAT	(Asn/N) Asparagine	AGT	(Ser/S) Serine	T
	ATC		ACC		AAC		AGC		C
	ATA		ACA		AAA	(Lys/K) Lysine	AGA	(Arg/R) Arginine	A
	ATG[A]	(Met/M) Methionine	ACG		AAG		AGG		G
G	GTT	(Val/V) Valine	GCT	(Ala/A) Alanine	GAT	(Asp/D) Aspartic acid	GGT	(Gly/G) Glycine	T
	GTC		GCC		GAC		GGC		C
	GTA		GCA		GAA	(Glu/E) Glutamic acid	GGA		A
	GTG[A]		GCG		GAG		GGG		G

^A Possible start codons in NCBI table 1. ATG is most common. The two other start codons listed by table 1 (GTG and TTG) are rare in eukaryotes. Prokaryotes have less strigent start codon requirements; they are described by NCBI table 11.

^{B ^ ^ ^} The historical basis for designating the stop codons as amber, ochre and opal is described in an autobiography by Sydney Brenner and in a historical article by Bob Edgar.

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