Table 2

Relative synonymous codon usage in the protein-encoding genes of the mitochondrial genome of C. antarcticus.

Amino acid

codon

n

RSCU

Amino acid

codon

n

RSCU

Amino acid

codon

n

RSCU

Amino acid

codon

n

RSCU

Phe

UUU

303

1.72

Ser

UCU

114

2.61

Tyr

UAU

114

1.40

Cys

UGU

22

1.38

UUC

50

0.28

UCC

19

0.43

UAC

49

0.60

UGC

10

0.62

Leu

UUA

286

3.31

UCA

73

1.67

Trp

UGA

65

1.44

UUG

41

0.47

UCG

19

0.43

UGG

25

0.56

CUU

88

1.02

Pro

CCU

54

1.58

His

CAU

43

1.23

Arg

CGU

15

1.07

CUC

14

0.16

CCC

29

0.85

CAC

27

0.77

CGC

11

0.79

CUA

77

0.89

CCA

41

1.20

Gln

CAA

57

1.75

CGA

22

1.57

CUG

13

0.15

CCG

13

0.38

CAG

8

0.25

CGG

8

0.57

Ile

AUU

268

1.63

Thr

ACU

73

1.51

Asn

AAU

116

1.41

Ser

AGU

29

0.66

AUC

60

0.37

ACC

34

0.70

AAC

48

0.59

AGC

9

0.21

Met

AUA

216

1.69

ACA

81

1.68

Lys

AAA

80

1.65

AGA

82

1.87

AUG

40

0.31

ACG

5

0.10

AAG

17

0.35

AGG

5

0.11

Val

GUU

91

1.56

Ala

GCU

86

1.69

Asp

GAU

41

1.24

Gly

GGU

60

1.04

GUC

16

0.27

GCC

45

0.89

GAC

25

0.76

GGC

17

0.3

GUA

94

1.61

GCA

46

0.91

Glu

GAA

53

1.33

GGA

64

1.11

GUG

32

0.55

GCG

26

0.51

GAG

27

0.68

GGG

89

1.55

Carapelli et al. BMC Genomics 2008 9:315   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-9-315