An improved codon usage table for Phytophthora infestans

Sophien Kamoun and Allison Styer

Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural and Research Development Center, Wooster, OH 44691

 

Table 1. A codon usage table for Phytophthora infestans based on an unpublished set of 50 open reading frames (16,728 codons and 50,184 bp).


fields: [triplet] [amino acid] [fraction] [frequency: per thousand] ([number])
------------------------------------------------------------------------
TTT  5.4(    90)  TCT  6.9(   116)  TAT  5.9(    99)  TGT  3.3(    56)
TTC 27.1(   453)  TCC 12.2(   204)  TAC 31.0(   519)  TGC 13.2(   220)
TTA  0.9(    15)  TCA  2.6(    44)  TAA  2.0(    33)  TGA  0.7(    11)
TTG  6.9(   116)  TCG 23.3(   390)  TAG  0.8(    14)  TGG  9.2(   154)

CTT  9.9(   166)  CCT  9.8(   164)  CAT  2.6(    44)  CGT 16.3(   273)
CTC 17.5(   293)  CCC 13.2(   221)  CAC 13.7(   229)  CGC 17.8(   297)
CTA  3.4(    57)  CCA  5.9(    98)  CAA  4.7(    79)  CGA  2.5(    41)
CTG 35.8(   598)  CCG 19.6(   327)  CAG 26.5(   444)  CGG  1.9(    32)

ATT 14.7(   245)  ACT 13.6(   228)  AAT  5.1(    85)  AGT  4.1(    69)
ATC 34.7(   581)  ACC 18.8(   482)  AAC 31.5(   527)  AGC 13.1(   219)
ATA  0.8(    14)  ACA  6.7(   112)  AAA  5.7(    96)  AGA  1.0(    17)
ATG 24.0(   401)  ACG 36.6(   608)  AAG 51.1(   854)  AGG  0.8(    13)

GTT  6.9(   116)  GCT 25.6(   428)  GAT 11.1(   186)  GGT 22.7(   379)
GTC 20.2(   337)  GCC 44.5(   744)  GAC 46.3(   775)  GGC 43.9(   734)
GTA  3.8(    63)  GCA  7.1(   119)  GAA 16.6(   278)  GGA 10.2(   171)
GTG 40.9(   684)  GCG 16.4(   274)  GAG 56.7(   949)  GGG  2.6(    43)
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Coding GC 59.1% , 1st position GC 57.6%, 2nd position GC 43.6%, 3rd position GC 76.1%

 

Table 2. Codon frequency in Phytophthora infestans based on an unpublished set of 50 open reading frames (16,728 codons and 50,184 bp). Over-represented codons are shown in red.

Codon

Amino acid

Number

/1000

Fraction

TTT

Phe

90

5.38

0.17

TTC

Phe

453

27.08

0.83

TTA

Leu

15

0.90

0.01

TTG

Leu

116

6.93

0.09

CTT

Leu

166

9.92

0.13

CTC

Leu

293

17.52

0.24

CTA

Leu

57

3.41

0.05

CTG

Leu

598

35.75

0.48

ATT

Ile

245

14.65

0.29

ATC

Ile

581

34.73

0.69

ATA

Ile

14

0.84

0.02

ATG

Met

401

23.97

1

GTT

Val

116

6.93

0.10

GTC

Val

337

20.15

0.28

GTA

Val

63

3.77

0.05

GTG

Val

684

40.89

0.57

TCT

Ser

116

6.93

0.11

TCC

Ser

204

12.20

0.20

TCA

Ser

44

2.63

0.04

TCG

Ser

390

23.31

0.37

CCT

Pro

164

9.80

0.20

CCC

Pro

221

13.21

0.27

CCA

Pro

98

5.86

0.12

CCG

Pro

327

19.55

0.40

ACT

Thr

228

13.63

0.16

ACC

Thr

482

28.81

0.34

ACA

Thr

112

6.70

0.08

ACG

Thr

608

36.35

0.42

GCT

Ala

428

25.59

0.27

GCC

Ala

744

44.48

0.48

GCA

Ala

119

7.11

0.08

GCG

Ala

274

16.38

0.18

TAT

Tyr

99

5.92

0.16

TAC

Tyr

519

31.03

0.84

TAA

End

33

1.97

0.57

TAG

End

14

0.84

0.24

CAT

His

44

2.63

0.16

CAC

His

229

13.69

0.84

CAA

Gln

79

4.72

0.15

CAG

Gln

444

26.54

0.85

AAT

Asn

85

5.08

0.14

AAC

Asn

527

31.50

0.86

AAA

Lys

96

5.74

0.10

AAG

Lys

854

51.052

0.90

GAT

Asp

186

11.12

0.19

GAC

Asp

775

46.33

0.81

GAA

Glu

278

16.62

0.23

GAG

Glu

949

56.73

0.77

TGT

Cys

56

3.34

0.20

TGC

Cys

220

13.15

0.80

TGA

End

11

0.66

0.19

TGG

Trp

154

9.21

1

CGT

Arg

273

16.32

0.41

CGC

Arg

297

17.75

0.44

CGA

Arg

41

2.45

0.06

CGG

Arg

32

1.91

0.05

AGT

Ser

69

4.12

0.07

AGC

Ser

219

13.09

0.21

AGA

Arg

17

1.02

0.03

AGG

Arg

13

0.78

0.02

GGT

Gly

379

22.66

0.29

GGC

Gly

734

43.88

0.55

GGA

Gly

171

10.22

0.13

GGG

Gly

43

2.57

0.03

total

16728

1000

------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Figure 1. Correlation of the G + C content between the examined ORFs and the first, second, and third codon positions.

Please cite:

Kamoun, S. and Styer, A. 2000. An improved codon usage table for Phytophthora infestans. http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/phytophthora/codon.htm

 

Last modified: June 1, 2000

Sophien Kamoun