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It can also be represented in a DNA codon table. The DNA codons in such tables occur on the sense DNA strand and are arranged in a 5 ′-to-3 ′ direction. Different tables with alternate codons are used depending on the source of the genetic code, such as from a cell nucleus, mitochondrion, plastid, or hydrogenosome. [5]
Recognition of stop codons in bacteria have been associated with the so-called 'tripeptide anticodon', [14] a highly conserved amino acid motif in RF1 (PxT) and RF2 (SPF). Even though this is supported by structural studies, it was shown that the tripeptide anticodon hypothesis is an oversimplification. [15]
During transcription, RNA Pol II binds to the non-coding template strand, reads the anti-codons, and transcribes their sequence to synthesize an RNA transcript with complementary bases. By convention, the coding strand is the strand used when displaying a DNA sequence.
The two other start codons listed by table 1 (GUG and UUG) are rare in eukaryotes. [3] Prokaryotes have less strigent start codon requirements; they are described by NCBI table 11 . B ^ ^ ^ The historical basis for designating the stop codons as amber, ochre and opal is described in an autobiography by Sydney Brenner [ 4 ] and in a historical ...
Codon usage bias in Physcomitrella patens. Codon usage bias refers to differences in the frequency of occurrence of synonymous codons in coding DNA.A codon is a series of three nucleotides (a triplet) that encodes a specific amino acid residue in a polypeptide chain or for the termination of translation (stop codons).
The coding mechanism is the same for all organisms: three-base codons, tRNA, ribosomes, single direction reading and translating single codons into single amino acids. [69] The most extreme variations occur in certain ciliates where the meaning of stop codons depends on their position within mRNA.
The two other start codons listed by table 1 (GTG and TTG) are rare in eukaryotes. [3] Prokaryotes have less strigent start codon requirements; they are described by NCBI table 11 . B ^ ^ ^ The historical basis for designating the stop codons as amber, ochre and opal is described in an autobiography by Sydney Brenner [ 4 ] and in a historical ...
In fact, codon usage was the main strategy used by several early protein coding sequence (CDS) prediction methods, [12] [13] [14] based on the assumption that the most translated regions in a genome contain codons with the most abundant corresponding tRNAs (the molecules responsible for carrying amino acids to the ribosome during protein ...