List of genetic codes

While there is much commonality, different parts of the tree of life use slightly different genetic codes.[1] When translating from genome to protein, the use of the correct genetic code is essential. The mitochondrial codes are the relatively well-known examples of variation. The list below follows the numbering and designation by NCBI.[2]

• Translation table 1: The standard code
• Translation table 2: The vertebrate mitochondrial code
• Translation table 3: The yeast mitochondrial code
• Translation table 4: The mold, protozoan, and coelenterate mitochondrial code and the mycoplasma/spiroplasma code
• Translation table 5: The invertebrate mitochondrial code
• Translation table 6: The ciliate, dasycladacean and hexamita nuclear code
• Translation table 7: The kinetoplast code; cf. table 4.
• Translation table 8: cf. table 1.
• Translation table 9: The echinoderm and flatworm mitochondrial code
• Translation table 10: The euplotid nuclear code
• Translation table 11: The bacterial, archaeal and plant plastid code
• Translation table 12: The alternative yeast nuclear code
• Translation table 13: The ascidian mitochondrial code
• Translation table 14: The alternative flatworm mitochondrial code
• Translation table 15: The Blepharisma nuclear code[3][4]
• Translation table 16: The chlorophycean mitochondrial code
• Translation table 21: The trematode mitochondrial code
• Translation table 22: The Scenedesmus obliquus mitochondrial code
• Translation table 23: The Thraustochytrium mitochondrial code
• Translation table 24: The Pterobranchia mitochondrial code
• Translation table 25: The candidate division SR1 and gracilibacteria code
• Translation table 26: The Pachysolen tannophilus nuclear code
• Translation table 27: The karyorelict nuclear code
• Translation table 28: The Condylostoma nuclear code
• Translation table 29: The Mesodinium nuclear code
• Translation table 30: The Peritrich nuclear code
• Translation table 31: The Blastocrithidia nuclear code
• Translation table 32: The Balanophoraceae plastid code[5][6]
• Translation table 33: The Cephalodiscidae mitochondrial code

The alternative translation tables (2 to 33) involve codon reassignments that are recapitulated in the list of all known alternative codons.