A new integrated symmetrical table for genetic codes

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• 作者：Jian-Jun Shu ^{mjjshu@ntu.edu.sg}
• 关键词：Genetic codes ; Symmetry ; Table
• 刊名：Biosystems
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：151
• 期：Complete
• 页码：21-26
• 全文大小：2804 K
• 卷排序：151

文摘

Degeneracy is a salient feature of genetic codes, because there are more codons than amino acids. The conventional table for genetic codes suffers from an inability of illustrating a symmetrical nature among genetic base codes. In fact, because the conventional wisdom avoids the question, there is little agreement as to whether the symmetrical nature actually even exists. A better understanding of symmetry and an appreciation for its essential role in the genetic code formation can improve our understanding of nature’s coding processes. Thus, it is worth formulating a new integrated symmetrical table for genetic codes, which is presented in this paper. It could be very useful to understand the Nobel laureate Crick’s wobble hypothesis — how one transfer ribonucleic acid can recognize two or more synonymous codons, which is an unsolved fundamental question in biological science.