Bioinformatics Reverse Translation Tool (Translate Polypeptide to DNA codons)
Use this tool to convert a Protein Sequence into it's complementary DNA
(cDNA - DNA without introns) sequence
Enter a Protein Sequence below (e.g. ABABAEEDBDE)
Amino Acid to Codon Translations used by this program
| Amino Acid Name | 1 Letter Code | Abbreviation | Reverse Translation used in Degenerate Mode | Reverse Translations used in Random Mode |
| Alanine | A | Ala | GCN | GCT, GCC, GCA, GCG |
| Asparagine or aspartic acid | B | Asx | RAY | GAT, GAC, AAT, AAC |
| Cysteine | C | Cys | TGY | TGT, TGC |
| Aspartic acid | D | Asp | GAY | GAT, GAC |
| Glutamic acid | E | Glu | GAR | GAA, GAG |
| Phenylalanine | F | Phe | TTY | TTT, TTC |
| Glycine | G | Gly | GGN | GGT, GGC, GGA, GGG |
| Histidine | H | His | CAY | CAT, CAC |
| Isoleucine | I | Ile | ATH | ATT, ATC, ATA |
| Lysine | K | Lys | AAR | AAA, AAG |
| Leucine | L | Leu | YTN | TTG, TTA, CTT, CTC, CTA, CTG |
| Methionine | M | Met | ATG | ATG |
| Asparagine | N | Asn | AAY | AAT, AAC |
| Proline | P | Pro | CCN | CCT, CCC, CCA, CCG |
| Glutamine | Q | Gln | CAR | CAA, CAG |
| Arginine | R | Arg | MGN | CGT, CGC, CGA, CGG, AGA, AGG |
| Serine | S | Ser | WSN | TCT, TCC, TCA, TCG, AGT, AGC |
| Threonine | T | Thr | ACN | ACT, ACC, ACA, ACG |
| Valine | V | Val | GTN | GTT, GTC, GTA, GTG |
| Tryptophan | W | Trp | TGG | TGG |
| Unspecified or unknown amino acid | X | Xaa | NNN | NNN |
| Tyrosine | Y | Tyr | TAY | TAT, TAC |
| Glutamine or glutamic acid | Z | Glx | SAR | GAA, GAG, CAA, CAG |
| Terminator | * | END | TRR | TAA, TAG, TGA |
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