Table 1

Proposed order of amino acid incorporation into genetic code, hairpin aminoacylation and stereochemical relationship with anticodon


Amino acids in proposed order of incorporation into genetic code
Reported hairpin amino-acylation
Established stereochemical relationship with anticodon


glycine
+


alanine
+


aspartic acid
+

early
valine
+


proline



serine
+


glutamic acid



threonine



leucine

+

arginine

codon

asparagine



isoleucine
+
anticodon/codon

glutamine
+
-

histidine
+
+

lysine



cysteine
+

late
phenylalanine

+

tyrosine
+
+

methionine
+


tryptophan

+

Left column: proposed order of incorporation of amino acids into genetic code taken from [9]. Middle column: hairpin aminoacylation data taken from [4]. Right column: stereochemical relationship with anticodon data taken from [27]. Gaps in the table represent those examples where evidence has not been reported or established.

Bernhardt and Tate Biology Direct 2008 3:53   doi:10.1186/1745-6150-3-53

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