Echinoderm and flatworm mitochondrial code


The echinoderm and flatworm mitochondrial code is a genetic code used by the mitochondria of certain echinoderm and flatworm species.

The code

Bases: adenine, cytosine, guanine and thymine or uracil.
Amino acids: Alanine, Arginine, Asparagine, Aspartic acid, Cysteine, Glutamic acid, Glutamine, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Methionine, Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, Threonine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine, Valine

Differences from the standard code

DNA codonsRNA codonsThis code Standard code
AAAAAAAsn Lys
AGAAGASer Arg
AGGAGGSer Arg
TGAUGATrp STOP = Ter

Systematic range