Universal Genetic Code / H1N1 Genetic code

RNA codon table

nonpolar

polar

basic

acidic

(stop codon)

The table (source: wiki) shows the 64 codons and the amino acid for each. The direction of the mRNA is 5' to 3'.

		2nd base
		U	C	A	G
1st base	U	UUU (Phe/F) Phenylalanine UUC (Phe/F) Phenylalanine	UCU (Ser/S) Serine UCC (Ser/S) Serine	UAU (Tyr/Y) Tyrosine UAC (Tyr/Y) Tyrosine	UGU (Cys/C) Cysteine UGC (Cys/C) Cysteine
		UUA (Leu/L) Leucine	UCA (Ser/S) Serine	UAA Ochre (Stop)	UGA Opal (Stop)
		UUG (Leu/L) Leucine	UCG (Ser/S) Serine	UAG Amber (Stop)	UGG (Trp/W) Tryptophan
	C	CUU (Leu/L) Leucine CUC (Leu/L) Leucine	CCU (Pro/P) Proline CCC (Pro/P) Proline	CAU (His/H) Histidine CAC (His/H) Histidine	CGU (Arg/R) Arginine CGC (Arg/R) Arginine
		CUA (Leu/L) Leucine CUG (Leu/L) Leucine	CCA (Pro/P) Proline CCG (Pro/P) Proline	CAA (Gln/Q) Glutamine CAG (Gln/Q) Glutamine	CGA (Arg/R) Arginine CGG (Arg/R) Arginine
	A	AUU (Ile/I) Isoleucine AUC (Ile/I) Isoleucine	ACU (Thr/T) Threonine ACC (Thr/T) Threonine	AAU (Asn/N) Asparagine AAC (Asn/N) Asparagine	AGU (Ser/S) Serine AGC (Ser/S) Serine
		AUA (Ile/I) Isoleucine	ACA (Thr/T) Threonine	AAA (Lys/K) Lysine	AGA (Arg/R) Arginine
		AUG (Met/M) Methionine, Start [A]	ACG (Thr/T) Threonine	AAG (Lys/K) Lysine	AGG (Arg/R) Arginine
	G	GUU (Val/V) Valine GUC (Val/V) Valine	GCU (Ala/A) Alanine GCC (Ala/A) Alanine	GAU (Asp/D) Aspartic acid GAC (Asp/D) Aspartic acid	GGU (Gly/G) Glycine GGC (Gly/G) Glycine
		GUA (Val/V) Valine GUG (Val/V) Valine	GCA (Ala/A) Alanine GCG (Ala/A) Alanine	GAA (Glu/E) Glutamic acid GAG (Glu/E) Glutamic acid	GGA (Gly/G) Glycine GGG (Gly/G) Glycine

^A The codon AUG both codes for methionine and serves as an initiation site: the first AUG in an mRNA's coding region is where translation into protein begins.