In article <9307010620.AA01dc5 at fcircus.sat.tx.us>, Jason_Burrell at fcircus.sat.tx.us (Jason Burrell) writes...
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>>>>I would also like to know this. I am not a scientist, but a high-school
>student who has been lucky enough to obtain a USENET account. I've been
>reading this bionet group for a long time, but have posted exactly twice
>(counting this time) :-) Genetics is one of my many hobbies....
How very exciting to see a high school student with a USENET account.
>How can someone patent a gene? If this runs like everything else, I'll
>be owned by some biological research corperation :-)
Others already have answered this question earlier today.
>Last but not least, (I am being a REAL ignoramus; Don't feel bad
>Jordan), I have seen some protein sequences that people sent to the
>Blitz server. (I requested the help file hoping it would be intresting.
>It was :) Could someone quickly explain what the letters stand for? At
>first guess I thought amino acids but I'm 99.9% sure thats not what it
>is. :)
>---Jason Burrell .. Jason_Burrell at fcircus.sat.tx.us
Jason,
Here is a list of the standard one-letter amino acid codes and their
three-letter equivalents. The synonymous codons and their depiction in
the IUB (International Union of Biochemistry) codes are shown.
IUB
Symbol 3-letter Meaning Codons Depiction
A Ala Alanine GCT,GCC,GCA,GCG !GCX
B Asp,Asn Aspartic,
Asparagine GAT,GAC,AAT,AAC !RAY
C Cys Cysteine TGT,TGC !TGY
D Asp Aspartic GAT,GAC !GAY
E Glu Glutamic GAA,GAG !GAR
F Phe Phenylalanine TTT,TTC !TTY
G Gly Glycine GGT,GGC,GGA,GGG !GGX
H His Histidine CAT,CAC !CAY
I Ile Isoleucine ATT,ATC,ATA !ATH
K Lys Lysine AAA,AAG !AAR
L Leu Leucine TTG,TTA,CTT,CTC,CTA,CTG !TTR,CTX,YTR;YTX
M Met Methionine ATG !ATG
N Asn Asparagine AAT,AAC !AAY
P Pro Proline CCT,CCC,CCA,CCG !CCX
Q Gln Glutamine CAA,CAG !CAR
R Arg Arginine CGT,CGC,CGA,CGG,AGA,AGG !CGX,AGR,MGR;MGX
S Ser Serine TCT,TCC,TCA,TCG,AGT,AGC !TCX,AGY;WSX
T Thr Threonine ACT,ACC,ACA,ACG !ACX
V Val Valine GTT,GTC,GTA,GTG !GTX
W Trp Tryptophan TGG !TGG
X Xxx Unknown !XXX
Y Tyr Tyrosine TAT, TAC !TAY
Z Glu,Gln Glutamic,
Glutamine GAA,GAG,CAA,CAG !SAR
* End Terminator TAA, TAG, TGA !TAR,TRA;TRR
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