Nucleic and Amino Acid Codes

Nucleic Acids

The accepted nucleic acid codes are:

A	A		Adenine			S	CG		Strong
C	C		Cytosine		W	AT		Weak
G	G		Guanine			B	CGT		not A, B
T	T		Thymidine		D	AGT		not C, D
U	U		Uridine			H	ACT		not G, H
R	AG		puRine			V	ACG		not T/U, V
Y	CT		pYrimidine		N	ACGT	aNy
K	GT		Keto			-			gap (any length)
M	AC		aMino
Amino Acids

The accepted amino acid codes are:

A ALA alanine                         P PRO proline
B ASX aspartate or asparagine         Q GLN glutamine
C CYS cystine                         R ARG arginine
D ASP aspartate                       S SER serine
E GLU glutamate                       T THR threonine
F PHE phenylalanine                   U     selenocysteine
G GLY glycine                         V VAL valine
H HIS histidine                       W TRP tryptophan
I ILE isoleucine                      Y TYR tyrosine
K LYS lysine                          Z GLX glutamate or glutamine
L LEU leucine                         X     any
M MET methionine                      *     translation stop
N ASN asparagine                      -     gap of indeterminate length