Reading the Genetic Code
To read the mRNA codon
5'-ACG-3' :
Read the A block across from the
first-letter block on left-hand side of the table
Read the C column down from the
second-letter block across the top of the table
Read G as the fourth line
in that block, from the third-letter block on right-hand side of the
table
The
codon 5'-ACG-3' codes for
the
amino acid thr (threonine).
Figure after © 2004 by Griffiths
et al. ; text ©
2009 by Steven M. Carr