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SUBMITTER: Xu H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8557414 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Molecular biology and evolution 20211001 11
The causes and consequences of the nonrandom structure of the standard genetic code (SGC) have been of long-standing interest. A recent study reported that mutations in present-day protein-coding sequences are less likely to increase proteomic nitrogen and carbon uses under the SGC than under random genetic codes, concluding that the SGC has been selectively optimized for resource conservation. If true, this finding might offer important information on the environment in which the SGC and some o ...[more]