DNA Ambiguity Codes

Amino Acid Abbreviations

A Ala Alanine G Gly Glycine M Met Methionine S Ser Serine
C Cys Cysteine H His Histidine N Asn Asparagine T Thr Threonine
D Asp Aspartic A. I Ile Isoleucine P Pro Proline V Val Valine
E Glu Glutamic A. K Lys Lysine Q Gln Glutamine W Trp Tryptophan
F Phe Phenylalanine L Leu Leucine R Arg Arginine Y Tyr Tyrosine

The "Universal" Genetic Code

Note that some genomes do use modified forms of this code, so it isn't really universal.

UUU Phe UCU Ser UAU Tyr UGU Cys
UUC Phe UCC Ser UAC Tyr UGC Cys
UUA Leu UCA Ser UAA STOP UGA STOP
UUG Leu UCG Ser UAG STOP UGG Trp
CUU Leu CCU Pro CAU His CGU Arg
CUC Leu CCC Pro CAC His CGC Arg
CUA Leu CCA Pro CAA Gln CGA Arg
CUG Leu CCG Pro CAG Gln CGG Arg
AUU Ile ACU Thr AAU Asn AGU Ser
AUC Ile ACC Thr AAC Asn AGC Ser
AUA Ile ACA Thr AAA Lys AGA Arg
AUG Met ACG Thr AAG Lys AGG Arg
GUU Val GCU Ala GAU Asp GGU Gly
GUC Val GCC Ala GAC Asp GGC Gly
GUA Val GCA Ala GAA Glu GGA Gly
GUG Val GCG Ala GAG Glu GGG Gly

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