Research Article

Analyzing the Evolution and Host Adaptation of the Rabies Virus from the Perspective of Codon Usage Bias

Table 2

The most preferred codon of RABV for each amino acid and isoacceptor tRNAs in its hosts.

AAMost preferred codons in RABVtRNA Isotypes in hosts
Myotis lucifugusMustela putorius furoCanis familiarisHomo sapiens

AlaGCAAGC (8/12)AGC (15/28)AGC (13/27)AGC (26/38)
ArgAGAACG (6/23)CCT (7/29)CCT (7/25)ACG (7/28)
AsnAACGTT (9/9)GTT (11/11)GTT (14/14)GTT (25/25)
AspGACGCT (7/7)GTC (7/7)GTC (11/11)GTC (13/13)
CysUGUACA (27/27)GCA (25/25)GCA (19/19)GCA (29/29)
GlnCAGCTG (6/9)CTG (7/11)CTG (10/14)CTG (13/19)
GluGAGCTC (6/11)TTC (7/13)TTC (9/16)CTC, TTC (8/16)
GlyGGGGCC (8/17)GCC (9/15)GCC (11/26)GCC (14/28)
HisCAUGTG (6/6)GTG (6/6)GTG (8/8)GTG (9/9)
IleAUCAAT (7/9)AAT (10/15)AAT (8/13)AAT (15/23)
LeuUUGCAG (5/15)AAG, CAA (6/24)CAG (6/21)AAG, CAG (9/31)
LysAAGCTT (12/15)CTT (37/48)CTT (38/48)CTT (15/27)
PheUUCGAA (5/5)GAA (11/11)GAA (10/10)GAA (10/10)
ProCCUAGG (6/13)AGG (9/16)AGG (8/17)AGG (9/20)
SerUCUAGA (6/15)GCT (10/25)AGA (10/25)AGA (9/25)
ThrACCAGT, TGT (5/13)AGT (10/20)AGT (8/15)AGT (9/20)
TyrUAUGTA (5/5)GTA (9/9)GTA (8/8)GTA (13/13)
ValGUGAAC (5/11)AAC (8/21)CAC (8/19)CAC (13/27)

Note: most abundant isoacceptor tRNAs in its hosts matching the most preferred codons of RABV are marked in bold.