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Start codon

The start codon is the first codon of a messenger RNA (mRNA) transcript translated by a ribosome. The start codon always codes for methionine in eukaryotes and archaea and N-formylmethionine (fMet) in bacteria, mitochondria and plastids.

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Decoding

Alternative start codons

Upstream start codons

Standard genetic code

Non-methionine start codons

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Start codon

Nodes40
Edges39
Triples44
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.05
Components1

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Start codon

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related to Upstream start codons · 14
Start codon → ASNSD1, AUG, However, MIEF1, MKKS, More, Open Reading Frames, ORFs, RefSeq, SLC35A4, Their, These, TIS, TISs
related to Decoding · 8
Start codon → A1, A72, C1, In, Knowledge, RNA, There, U72
related to Bacteria · 6
Start codon → AUG, AUU, Bacteria, CUG, GUG, UUG
related to Alternative start codons · 5
Start codon → Alternate, Alternative, AUG, Met, This
related to Eukaryotes · 5
Start codon → Alternate, AUG, However, In, Seven
related to Mitochondria · 5
Start codon → AUA, AUG, Many, Mitochondrial, NCBI
is a · 1
Start codon → first codon of a messenger RNA

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translation start codon codons initiation aug eukaryotes methionine archaea bacteria ribosome trna gug upstream uug initiate prokaryotes alternative different used

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Start codonis afirst codon of a messenger RNA0.90text
Start codonrelated to Alternative start codonsAlternative0.60section
Start codonrelated to Alternative start codonsAUG0.60section
Start codonrelated to Alternative start codonsAlternate0.60section
Start codonrelated to Alternative start codonsMet0.60section
Start codonrelated to Alternative start codonsThis0.60section
Start codonrelated to BacteriaBacteria0.60section
Start codonrelated to BacteriaGUG0.60section
Start codonrelated to BacteriaUUG0.60section
Start codonrelated to BacteriaAUG0.60section
Start codonrelated to BacteriaAUU0.60section
Start codonrelated to BacteriaCUG0.60section

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