chlorophycean mitochondrial code chlorophycean mitochondrial code the chlorophycean mitochondrial code (translation table 16) is a genetic code found in the mitochondria of chlorophyceae. code aas = ffllssssyy*lcc*wllllpppphhqqrrrriiimttttnnkkssrrvvvvaaaaddeegggg starts = -----------------------------------m---------------------------- base1 = ttttttttttttttttccccccccccccccccaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggggggggg base2 = ttttccccaaaaggggttttccccaaaaggggttttccccaaaaggggttttccccaaaagggg base3 = tcagtcagtcagtcagtcagtcagtcagtcagtcagtcagtcagtcagtcagtcagtcagtcag bases: adenine (a), cytosine (c), guanine (g) and thymine (t) or uracil (u). amino acids: alanine (ala, a), arginine (arg, r), asparagine (asn, n), aspartic acid (asp, d), cysteine (cys, c), glutamic acid (glu, e), glutamine (gln, q), glycine (gly, g), histidine (his, h), isoleucine (ile, i), leucine (leu, l), lysine (lys, k), methionine (met, m), phenylalanine (phe, f), proline (pro, p), serine (ser, s), threonine (thr, t), tryptophan (trp, w), tyrosine (tyr, y), valine (val, v) differences from the standard code dna codonsrna codonsthis code (16)standard code (1) taguagleu (l)stop = ter (*) systematic range and comments chlorophyceae and the chytridiomycete fungus spizellomyces punctatus.