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COI

The COI gene is used in DNA barcoding, a technique that uses short, standardized DNA sequences to identify species. Researchers analyze a specific region (the "Folmer region") of the COI gene to distinguish between different species

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Amino Acid Codes:

tyrosine

Tyrosine is an alpha-amino acid, an aromatic amino acid, and a polar amino acid and plays a role in the synthesis of neurotransmitters and hormones

cysteine

Cysteine is a sulfur-containing amino acid with a thiol (-SH) group in its side chain, enabling it to form disulfide bonds. It's one of the 20 standard amino acids and is chiral, but L-cysteine is the form found in proteins

Asparagine

Asparagine has a polar side chain (carboxamide) and is considered an aliphatic amino acid Asparagine is involved in the N-glycosylation of proteins, a process where sugar molecules are attached to the protein

Alanine

Alanine has a central carbon atom connected to an amino group, a carboxyl group, a hydrogen atom, and a methyl group (CH3) Alanine can act as an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain, similar to other inhibitory amino acids like GABA, taurine, and glycine

tryptophan

Tryptophan is an alpha-amino acid with a unique indole side chain, a six-membered benzene ring fused to a five-membered pyrrole ring