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 codons | RNA codons | This code | DNA [codon table|Standard code] | |
TAA | UAA | Tyr | Ter | |
TAG | UAG | Tyr | Ter |