A Minimum Principle in Codon-Anticodon Interaction

TL;DR

This paper applies a minimum principle within the crystal basis model to identify the minimal set of anticodons needed for mitochondrial translation in animals, aligning well with observed data.

Contribution

It introduces a novel minimum principle approach in the crystal basis model to determine anticodon sets for mitochondrial translation.

Findings

Identifies minimal anticodon set consistent with mitochondrial code

Results agree with observed anticodon data

Provides a theoretical basis for anticodon selection in mitochondria

Abstract

Imposing a minimum principle in the framework of the so called crystal basis model of the genetic code, we determine the structure of the minimum set of anticodons which allows the translational-transcription for animal mitochondrial code. The results are in very good agreement with the observed anticodons.