Table 5 The frameshift substitution scores of the natural and alternative genetic codes
Genetic codes (Number tested) | Scoring Matrix | FSS of the natural genetic code (NGC) | FSS of the alternative genetic codes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FSS Score | Rank | Rank% | STDEV | STDEV% | Average | STDEV | STDEV% | ||
Random (1,000,000 × 100) | PAM250 | − 344 | 132,586.79 | 13.26% | 1011.17 | 0.1011% | − 504.88 | 0.54 | −0.1073% |
Blossum62 | − 276 | 19,752.52 | 1.98% | 295.17 | 0.0295% | −450.53 | 0.27 | −0.0598% | |
Gonnet250 | −912 | 29,447.26 | 2.94% | 398.72 | 0.0399% | − 2872.95 | 4.16 | −0.1447% | |
Compatible (13824) | PAM250 | −344 | 4273 | 30.91% | – | – | −401.25 | – | – |
Blossum62 | −276 | 481 | 3.48% | – | – | −436.75 | – | – | |
Gonnet250 | −912 | 481 | 3.48% | – | – | − 2736.13 | – | – | |