CHATER 15 The Genetic Code Topc1: THE CODE工s DEGENERATE 4/22/05 @博共字 Wuhan Universit
Topic 1: THE CODE IS DEGENERATE CHAPTER 15 The Genetic Code 4/22/05
second position Many amino UUU UCU he UUC ucc ser uac y ucc cysg acids are UAA'I stop UGA stop A eu specific ed by UUG UCG UAG stop UGG TrpG more than CUU CCU CUC CCC CAU His cG U CUA CCA Arg& aone codon CUG CCG 0cc翼 degeneracy AUU ACU AAU AGU Asn AUC lle m(简并性) ACC AAC AGC Thr AUA ACA AAA AGA Codons AUGt Met ACG AAG AGG ArgG GCU GAU GGU u specifying GCC Asp GGC Val the same GUA GCA GAA GAA GUG GCG GAG Glu G amino acid Chain-terminating or"nonsense" codons t Also used in bacteria to specify the initiator formyl-Met-tRNA Met are called TABLE 15-1 synonyms The genetic code 同义密码子
Many amino acids are specified by more than one codondegeneracy (简并性). Codons specifying the same amino acid are called synonyms (同义密码子). TABLE 15-1 The Genetic Code
Detail 1: Code Degeneracy 1 Often, when the first two nucleotides are identical the third nucleotide can be either C or U without changing the code. A and G at the third position are interchangeable as well 2. Transition in the third position of a codon specifies a same amino acid. Transversion in this position changes the amino acid about half the time
Detail 1: Code Degeneracy 1. Often, when the first two nucleotides are identical, the third nucleotide can be either C or U without changing the code. A and G at the third position are interchangeable as well. 2. Transition in the third position of a codon specifies a same amino acid. Transversion in this position changes the amino acid about half the time
O--C-C-C-CHa NH H CH3 NH H e accepon sucIna Istom TwC CCCCCUYA GGGGGCloop UGCCCU°A GUT ACGGG.C anticodon anticodon anticodon (CIAG mRNA3匚回UCs AG codon mRNA3匚cuc5 CUG CUC Figure 15-1 Codon-anticodon pairing of two tRNA Leu moleculars
Figure 15-1 Codon-anticodon pairing of two tRNA Leu moleculars CUG CUC
Code degeneracy explains how there can be great variation in the AT/Gc ratios in the dna of various organisms without large changes in the proportion of amino acids in their proteins
Code degeneracy explains how there can be great variation in the AT/GC ratios in the DNA of various organisms without large changes in the proportion of amino acids in their proteins