Mesodinium nuclear code


The Mesodinium nuclear code is a genetic code used by the nuclear genome of the ciliates Mesodinium and Myrionecta.

The code (29)

Bases: adenine, cytosine, guanine and thymine or uracil.
Amino acids: Alanine, Arginine, Asparagine, Aspartic acid, Cysteine, Glutamic acid, Glutamine, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Methionine, Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, Threonine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine, and Valine.

Differences from the standard code

DNA codonsRNA codonsThis code Standard code
TAAUAATyr Ter
TAGUAGTyr Ter