Bacterial, archaeal and plant plastid code

It is essentially the same as the standard code, however there are some variations in alternative start codons.

In addition, GUG and UUG starts are documented in archaea and bacteria.

[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] In Escherichia coli, UUG is estimated to serve as initiator for about 3% of the bacterium's proteins.

[18] The NCBI raw format is as follows, with UUG, CUG, AUU, AUC, AUA, AUG, and GUG marked as possible initiators:[19] Initiation at AUC and AUA is not addressed in the NCBI description text, but both are indeed known to occur in E.

[20] This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.