HOW MUCH PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURAL INFORMATION DO SYNONYMOUS CODONS CARRY?
同义密码子携带多少蛋白质二级结构信息

Using method of information theory, the correlation between synonymous codon usage and protein secondary structures for two species———Escherichia coli and Homo sapiens was investigated. The results show that: (1) for both E. coli and Homo sapiens, there are some synonymous codons evidently carry protein secondary structural information, though the information contents are very little; (2) the correlation between synonymous codon usage and protein secondary structures is species specific.