Abstract
Codon CUG is used for serine instead of for leucine, its usual assignment, in several yeasts of the genusCandida. We propose a series of steps for the reassignment, including disappearance of leucine CUG and its anticodon CAG, formation of a new serine tRNA, with anticodon CAG, from a duplication of the gene for serine tRNA (IGA), and then production of CUG codons by mutation at sites that are mostly “nonessential.”
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Jukes, T.H., Osawa, S. CUG codons inCandida spp.. J Mol Evol 42, 321–322 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02198859
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02198859