scenedesmus obliquus mitochondrial code scenedesmus obliquus mitochondrial code the scenedesmus obliquus mitochondrial code (translation table 22) is a genetic code found in the mitochondria of scenedesmus obliquus, a species of green algae. code aas = ffllss*syy*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 (22)standard code (1) tcaucastop = ter (*)ser (s) taguagleu (l)stop = ter (*) systematic range and comments scenedesmus obliquus