CODON DEGENERACY


          Amino           |         DNA codons          |    Compressed
          acids           |                             |
 -------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------
 Alanine        Ala     A |  GCT GCC GCA GCG            |  GCN
 Arginine       Arg     R |  CGT CGC CGA CGG | AGA AGG  |  CGN AGR | CGY MGR
 Asparagine     Asn     N |  AAT AAC                    |  AAY
 Aspartic acid  Asp     D |  GAT GAC                    |  GAY
                Asn Asp B |  AAT AAC         | GAU GAC  |  RAY
 Cysteine       Cys     C |  TGT TGC                    |  TGY
 Glutamine      Gln     Q |  CAA CAG                    |  CAR
 Glutamic acid  Glu     E |  GAA GAG                    |  GAR
                Gln Glu Z |  CAA CAG GAA GAG            |  SAR
 Glycine        Gly     G |  GGT GGC GGA GGG            |  GGN
 Histidine      His     H |  CAT CAC                    |  CAY
 Isoleucine     Ile     I |  ATT ATC ATA                |  ATH
 Leucine        Leu     L |  CTT CTC CTA CTG | TTA TTG  |  CTN TTR | CTY YTR
 Lysine         Lys     K |  AAA AAG                    |  AAR
 Methionine     Met     M |  ATG                        |
 Phenylalanine  Phe     F |  TTT TTC                    |  TTY
 Proline        Pro     P |  CCT CCC CCA CCG	        |  CCN
 Serine         Ser     S |  TCT TCC TCA TCG | AGT AGC  |  TCN | AGY
 Threonine      Thr     T |  ACT ACC ACA ACG            |  ACN
 Tryptophan     Trp     W |  TGG                        |
 Tyrosine       Tyr     Y |  TAT TAC                    |  TAY
 Valine         Val     V |  GTT GTC GTA GTG            |  GTN
                          |                             |
 [START]                  |  ATG TTG GTG CTG            |  NTG
 [STOP]                   |  TAA TGA TAG                |  TRA | TAR



A  Ala  Alanine                             |    A | A         | [A]denine
B       Aspartic acid (D) or Asparagine (N) |    C | C         | [C]ytosine
C  Cys  Cysteine                            |    G | G         | [G]uanine
D  Asp  Aspartic acid                       |    T | T         | [T]hymine
E  Glu  Glutamic acid                       |    U | U         | [U]racil
F  Phe  Phenylalanine                       |    I | I         | [I]nosine (non-standard)
G  Gly  Glycine                             |    R | A G I     | pu[R]ine
H  His  Histidine                           |    Y | C T U     | p[Y]rimidines
I  Ile  Isoleucine                          |    K | G T U     | bases which are [K]etones
J       Leucine (L) or Isoleucine (I)       |    M | A C       | bases with a[M]ino groups
K  Lys  Lysine                              |    S | C G       | [S]trong interaction
L  Leu  Leucine                             |    W | A T U     | [W]eak interaction
M  Met  Methionine START                    |    B | not A     | [B] comes after A (C,G,T,U)
N  Asn  Asparagine                          |    D | not C     | [D] comes after C (A,G,T,U)
O  Pyl  Pyrrolysine (rare)                  |    H | not G     | [H] comes after G (A,C,T,U)
P  Pro  Proline                             |    V | not T U   | [V] comes after U (A,C,G)
Q  Gln  Glutamine                           |    N | A C G T U | any [N]ucleic acid
R  Arg  Arginine                            |    - | gap       | gap of indeterminate length
S  Ser  Serine                              |
T  Thr  Threonine                           |
U  Sec  Selenocysteine (rare)               |
V  Val  Valine                              |
W  Trp  Tryptophan                          |
Y  Tyr  Tyrosine                            |
Z       Glutamic acid (E) or Glutamine (Q)  |
X       any                                 |
*       translation stop                    |
-       gap of indeterminate length         |



     TCTCCTACTGCTGTTGGTCGT
     TCCCCCACCGCCGTCGGCCGC
     TCACCAACAGCAGTAGGACGA
     TCGCCGACGGCGGTGGGGCGG
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     SerProThrAlaValGlyArg