Shimizu M
Nucleic Acids Symp Ser. 1981(10):243-6.
A pocket on the complex of four nucleotides (C4N), three anticodon bases and a discriminator base, has a lock and key relation to the corresponding amino acids. This relation can explain various general features of the universal and mitochondrian genetic codes, and therefore, could be the real molecular model of the genetic code. A beautiful matching among the amino acid- C4N complex, the hypermodified base next to the third anticodon base, and the ACC chain may be the good direct evidence for the existence of the C4N, as well as other various experimental evidences, which can easily be interpreted in terms of the C4N model.
由四个核苷酸(C4N)、三个反密码子碱基和一个判别碱基组成的复合体上的一个口袋,与相应的氨基酸存在锁钥关系。这种关系可以解释通用遗传密码和线粒体遗传密码的各种一般特征,因此,可能是遗传密码真正的分子模型。氨基酸 - C4N复合体、第三个反密码子碱基旁边的超修饰碱基以及ACC链之间的完美匹配,可能是C4N存在的有力直接证据,以及其他各种实验证据,这些证据根据C4N模型很容易得到解释。