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Re: Amino acid Threonine (T)

Posted By: Bloodrain <bloodrain@clanplaid.net>
Date: 6 June 2001, 13:26

In Response To: Amino acid Threonine (T) (Verlaag)

> The middle glyph uses the three letters 'ACG' which are the DNA codon for
> the amino acid Threonine, or the anticodon for the amino acid Argenine, in
> the standard nucleic acid code. In molecular biological terminology -
> Threonine would be the probable meaning.

ACG is the DNA codon for CYSTEINE (cys/C), and the mRNA codon (complementing DNA codon for TGC) for THREONINE (thr/T). This may be a quibble, as it is the mRNA that actually creates the amino acid.

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