Table of Amino Acids

 Leftmost column represents first letter in codon.

 Top column represents second letter in codon.
 Second-leftmost column represents third letter in codon.

U C A G
U UUU Phenylalanine (F) UCU UAU Tyrosine (Y) UGU Cysteine (C)
C UUC Neutral, nonpolar UCC UAC Neutral, polar UGC Neutral, polar
Serine (S)
U A UUA UCA UAA** STOP UGA** STOP
Neutral, polar
G UUG UCG UAG** STOP UGG Tryptophan (W)
Neutral, nonpolar
Leucine (L)
U CUU CCU CAU Histidine (H) CGU
Neutral, nonpolar
C CUC CCC Proline (P) CAC Basic CGC Arginine (R)
C
A CUA CCA Neutral, nonpolar CAA Glutamine (Q) CGA Basic
G CUG CCG CAG Neutral, polar CGG
U AUU ACU AAU Asparagine (N) AGU Serine (S)
Isoleucine (I)
C AUC ACC AAC Neutral, polar AGC Neutral, polar
Neutral, nonpolar Threonine (T)
A A AUA ACA AAA AGA
Neutral, polar Lysine (K) Arginine (R)
G AUG* Methionine (M) ACG AAG AGG
Basic Basic
Neutral, nonpolar
U GUU GCU GAU Aspartic Acid (D) GGU
C GUC Valine (V) GCC Alanine (A) GAC Acidic GGC Glycine (C)
G
A GUA Neutral, nonpolar GCA Neutral, nonpolar GAA Glutamic Acid (E) GGA Neutral, nonpolar
G GUG GCG GAG Acidic GGG

* Initiation Codon
** Chain termination codon (stop)