On the uniqueness of the standard genetic code

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Abstract

In this work, we determine the biological and mathematical properties that are sufficient and necessary to uniquely determine both the primeval RNY (purine-any base-pyrimidine) code and the standard genetic code (SGC). These properties are: the evolution of the SGC from the RNY code; the degeneracy of both codes, and the non-degeneracy of the assignments of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) to amino acids; the wobbling property; the consideration that glycine was the first amino acid; the topological and symmetrical properties of both codes.

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Zamudio, G. S., & José, M. V. (2017). On the uniqueness of the standard genetic code. Life, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/life7010007

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