Codon Usage Reference: Nucleic Acids Res. 1986 October 10; 14(19): 7737.7749.
( Link to Literature: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC311793/ )
Codon | Full Name | 3-Letter Abbreviation | 1-Letter Abbreviation | Frequency |
TTT | Phenylalanine | Phe | F | 0.46 |
TTC | Phenylalanine | Phe | F | 1.54 |
TTA | Leucine | Leu | L | 0.11 |
TTG | Leucine | Leu | L | 0.11 |
TCT | Serine | Ser | S | 2.57 |
TCC | Serine | Ser | S | 1.91 |
TCA | Serine | Ser | S | 0.20 |
TCG | Serine | Ser | S | 0.04 |
TAT | Tyrosine | Tyr | Y | 0.39 |
TAC | Tyrosine | Tyr | Y | 1.61 |
TAA | Termination (ochre) | Ter | X | N/A |
TAG | Termination (amber) | Ter | X | N/A |
TGT | Cysteine | Cys | C | 0.67 |
TGC | Cysteine | Cys | C | 1.33 |
TGA | Termination (opal or umber) | Ter | X | N/A |
TGG | Tryptophan | Trp | W | 1.00 |
CTT | Leucine | Leu | L | 0.22 |
CTC | Leucine | Leu | L | 0.20 |
CTA | Leucine | Leu | L | 0.04 |
CTG | Leucine | Leu | L | 5.33 |
CCT | Proline | Pro | P | 0.23 |
CCC | Proline | Pro | P | 0.04 |
CCA | Proline | Pro | P | 0.44 |
CCG | Proline | Pro | P | 3.29 |
CAT | Histidine | His | H | 0.45 |
CAC | Histidine | His | H | 1.55 |
CAA | Glutamine | Gln | Q | 0.22 |
CAG | Glutamine | Gln | Q | 1.78 |
CGT | Arginine | Arg | R | 4.39 |
CGC | Arginine | Arg | R | 1.56 |
CGA | Arginine | Arg | R | 0.02 |
CGG | Arginine | Arg | R | 0.02 |
ATT | Isoleucine | Ile | I | 0.47 |
ATC | Isoleucine | Ile | I | 2.53 |
ATA | Isoleucine | Ile | I | 0.01 |
ATG | Methionine | Met | M | 1.00 |
ACT | Threonine | Thr | T | 1.80 |
ACC | Threonine | Thr | T | 1.87 |
ACA | Threonine | Thr | T | 0.14 |
ACG | Threonine | Thr | T | 0.18 |
AAT | Asparagine | Asn | N | 0.10 |
AAC | Asparagine | Asn | N | 1.90 |
AAA | Lysine | Lys | K | 1.60 |
AAG | Lysine | Lys | K | 0.40 |
AGT | Serine | Ser | S | 0.22 |
AGC | Serine | Ser | S | 1.05 |
AGA | Arginine | Arg | R | 0.02 |
AGG | Arginine | Arg | R | 0.00 |
GTT | Valine | Val | V | 2.24 |
GTC | Valine | Val | V | 0.15 |
GTA | Valine | Val | V | 1.11 |
GTG | Valine | Val | V | 0.50 |
GCT | Alanine | Ala | A | 1.88 |
GCC | Alanine | Ala | A | 0.23 |
GCA | Alanine | Ala | A | 1.10 |
GCG | Alanine | Ala | A | 0.80 |
GAT | Aspartate | Asp | D | 0.61 |
GAC | Aspartate | Asp | D | 1.39 |
GAA | Glutamate | Glu | E | 1.59 |
GAG | Glutamate | Glu | E | 0.41 |
GGT | Glycine | Gly | G | 2.28 |
GGC | Glycine | Gly | G | 1.65 |
GGA | Glycine | Gly | G | 0.02 |
GGG | Glycine | Gly | G | 0.04 |
N/A | Aspartate or Asparagine | N/A | B | N/A |
N/A | Glutamate or Glutamine | N/A | Z | N/A |
( Codon Table Original Source: http://www.hgmd.cf.ac.uk/docs/cd_amino.html )