Stop Tyr Stop Tyr Phe Leu Trp Cys Phe Cys Ser Ser Ser

Leu Ser

Stop

Glu Asp Glu Asp

Thr

Thr

Thr

Thr

Val Val Val Val

Arg

Arg

Ser

Ser

Gly Gly Gly Gly

Met

Ile

Ile

Ile

Ala Ala Ala Ala

Asn

Asn Lys

Lys

Glu

His

Glu Leu Leu Leu Arg Arg Arg Pro Pro Pro

His Leu Arg Pro

mRNA CODON

1st NUCLEOTIDE 2nd NUCLEOTIDE 3rd NUCLEOTIDE

AMINO ACID

Genetic Code computer

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Asp Glu Arg Lys His Asn Gln Ser Thr Tyr

D E R K H N Q S T Y

Aspartic acid Glutamic acid Arginine Lysine Histidine Asparagine Glutamine Serine Threonine Tyrosine

Ala A Gly G Val V Leu L Ile I Pro P Phe F Met M Trp W Cys C

Alanine Glycine Valine Leucine Isoleucine Proline Phenylalanine Methionine Tryptophan Cysteine

H H H2N COOH H2N COOH H2N COOH H2N COOH H2N COOH

Glycine (G, Gly)

Alanine (A, Ala)

Valine (V, Val) ALIPHATIC

Leucine (L, Leu)

Isoleucine (I, Ile)

H N

N H

COOH

H2N

COOH

H2N

COOH

H2N

COOH

Proline (P, Pro) HETEROCYCLIC

Tryptophan (W, Trp)

Phenylalanine (F, Phe)

Methionine (M, Met)

NON-POLAR
OH H2N COOH
Serine (S, Ser)

OH Tyrosine
(Y, Tyr)

HOOC
Glutamine (Q, Gln)

NH2 SH O O H2N NH2 COOH

Asparagine (N, Asn)

Threonine (T, Thr)

OH COOH H2N

COOH

H2N

H2N

COOH

H2N
HYDROXYL

Cysteine (C, Cys) SULFUROUS

AROMATIC

AMIDE

POLAR
O OH2N COOH O ONH3+

H2N

NH2+ NH HN NH+

Aspartic acid (D, Asp)

H2N H2N COOH

Glutamic acid (E, Glu) ACIDIC negatively charged at pH 6.0

COOH H2N COOH

Arginine (R, Arg)

H2N

COOH

Lysine (K, Lys)

Histidine (H, His)

BASIC positively charged at pH 6.0

CHARGED

Amino acids