Echinoderm and flatworm mitochondrial code
The echinoderm and flatworm mitochondrial code is a genetic code used by the mitochondria of certain echinoderm and flatworm species.
The code
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, Valine
Differences from the standard code
| DNA codons | RNA codons | This code | Standard code | |
Systematic range
- Asterozoa
- Echinozoa
- Rhabditophora among the Platyhelminthes