The genetic code of a squid mitochondrial gene.
Cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene of a squid (Mollusca), Doryteuthis mitochondrial genome was sequenced. Comparison with the nucleotide sequence and the deduced amino acid sequence of other animal mitochondria suggests that the squid mitochondria has a variation in the genetic code; UGA codes for tryptophan, AUA for methionine and AGA/G for serine. This situation is similar to the case of Drosophila or Ascaris mitochondria.
Shimayama
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Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.
Himeno
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Sasuga
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Yokobori
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Ueda
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Watanabe
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D049832:Decapodiformes / Q000235:genetics*; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics*; D005815:Genetic Code; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV