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This document provides an mRNA codon/amino acid chart that can be used to determine which amino acid corresponds to an mRNA codon. The chart lists the possible mRNA codons consisting of combinations of the bases A, C, G, and U in the first, second, and third positions. By looking up the bases in the corresponding columns, one can determine which amino acid or stop signal is specified by that mRNA codon. The chart is intended to help students learn how the genetic code stored in DNA is transcribed into mRNA and then translated to a sequence of amino acids during protein synthesis.

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mRNAcodonchart PDF

This document provides an mRNA codon/amino acid chart that can be used to determine which amino acid corresponds to an mRNA codon. The chart lists the possible mRNA codons consisting of combinations of the bases A, C, G, and U in the first, second, and third positions. By looking up the bases in the corresponding columns, one can determine which amino acid or stop signal is specified by that mRNA codon. The chart is intended to help students learn how the genetic code stored in DNA is transcribed into mRNA and then translated to a sequence of amino acids during protein synthesis.

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mRNA Codon/Amino Acid Chart

First Base Second Base Third Base

U C A G

UUU Phenylalanine UCU UAU UGU U


Tyrosine (Tyr) Cysteine (Cys)
UUC (Phe) UCC UAC UGC C
U Serine (Ser)
UUA UCA UAA UGA Stop A
Leucine (Leu) Stop
UUG UCG UAG UGG Tryptophan (Trp) G

CUU CCU CAU CGU U


Histidine (His)
CUC CCC CAC CGC C
C Leucine (Leu) Proline (Pro) Arginine (Arg)
CUA CCA CAA Glutamine CGA A

CUG CCG CAG (Glu) CGG G

AUU ACU AAU Asparagine AGU U


Serine (Ser)
AUC Isoleucine (Ile) ACC Threonine AAC (Asn) AGC C
A
AUA ACA (Thr) AAA AGA A
Start Methionine Lysine (Lys) Arginine (Arg)
AUG (Met) ACG AAG AGG G

GUU GCU GAU Aspartic Acid GGU U


GUC GCC GAC (Asp) GGC C
G Valine (Val) Alanine (Ala) Glycine (Gly)
GUA GCA GAA Glutamic Acid GGA A

GUG GCG GAG (Glu) GGG G

B.1.23, B.1.26 / Curriculum Framework / How Do Mutations Affect Living Organisms?, How Does Protein Synthesis Occur?
Indiana Biology Standards Resource, November 2003
mRNA Codon/Amino Acid Chart
Teacher Directions
Explain to students that they are to:
• Transcribe the DNA into mRNA codons by writing the complementary bases.
• Find a codon’s first base in the first column of the chart; stay in this row.
• Find the second base in the middle of the chart, stay in this box.
• Locate the third base in the far right column, this is the amino acid that matches
the mRNA codon.
• Warn students against using the tRNA anticodon when using the chart.
• Remind students of the different purposes of the mRNA and tRNA. It is the messenger RNA
codon that carries the message specifying a certain amino acid; it is the transfer RNA that
transfers that amino acid to the growing protein chain.
• The tRNA anticodon is a sequence of three nucleotides that are the complement of the three
nucleotides in the mRNA codon. The function of the anticodon is to help the tRNA find the
appropriate amino acid that the mRNA codon specified.

Answer Key
Not applicable.

B.1.23, B.1.26 / Curriculum Framework / How Do Mutations Affect Living Organisms?, How Does Protein Synthesis Occur?
Indiana Biology Standards Resource, November 2003

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