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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-5-2
pubmed:abstractText
It is known that different codons may be unified into larger groups related to the hierarchical structure, approximate hidden symmetries, and evolutionary origin of the universal genetic code. Using a simplified evolutionary motivated two-letter version of genetic code, the general principles of the most stable coding are discussed. By the complete enumeration in such a reduced code it is strictly proved that the maximum stability with respect to point mutations and shifts in the reading frame needs the fixation of the middle letters within codons in groups with different physico-chemical properties, thus, explaining a key feature of the universal genetic code. The translational stability of the genetic code is studied by the mapping of code onto de Bruijn graph providing both the compact visual representation of mutual relationships between different codons as well as between codons and protein coding DNA sequence and a powerful tool for the investigation of stability of protein coding. Then, the results are extended to four-letter codes. As is shown, the universal genetic code obeys mainly the principles of optimal coding. These results demonstrate the hierarchical character of optimization of universal genetic code with strictly optimal coding being evolved at the earliest stages of molecular evolution. Finally, the universal genetic code is compared with the other natural variants of genetic codes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0022-5193
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
222
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
177-88
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Block structure and stability of the genetic code.
pubmed:affiliation
Theoretical Department of Division for Perspective Investigations, Troitsk Institute of Innovation and Thermonuclear Investigations (TRINITI), 142190 Moscow Region, Russia. vladimir_chechet@mail.ru
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article