#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use warnings; use feature qw(say); use constant GENETIC_CODE => { TCA => 'S', # Serine TCC => 'S', # Serine TCG => 'S', # Serine TCT => 'S', # Serine TTC => 'F', # Phenylalanine TTT => 'F', # Phenylalanine TTA => 'L', # Leucine TTG => 'L', # Leucine TAC => 'Y', # Tyrosine TAT => 'Y', # Tyrosine TAA => '_', # exit TAG => '_', # exit TGC => 'C', # Cysteine TGT => 'C', # Cysteine TGA => '_', # exit TGG => 'W', # Tryptophan CTA => 'L', # Leucine CTC => 'L', # Leucine CTG => 'L', # Leucine CTT => 'L', # Leucine GTT => 'V', # Valine GTC => 'V', # Valine GTA => 'V', # Valine GTG => 'V', # Valine GCT => 'A', # Alanine GCC => 'A', # Alanine GCA => 'A', # Alanine GCG => 'A', # Alanine GAT => 'D', # Aspartic Acid GAC => 'D', # Aspartic Acid GAA => 'E', # Glutamate GAG => 'E', # Glutamate GGT => 'G', # Glycine GGC => 'G', # Glycine GGA => 'G', # Glycine GGG => 'G', # Glycine CCA => 'P', # Phenylalanine CCC => 'P', # Phenylalanine CCG => 'P', # Phenylalanine CCT => 'P', # Phenylalanine CAC => 'H', # Histidine CAT => 'H', # Histidine CAA => 'Q', # Glutamine CAG => 'Q', # Glutamine CGA => 'R', # Arginine CGC => 'R', # Arginine CGG => 'R', # Arginine CGT => 'R', # Arginine ATA => 'I', # Isoleucine ATC => 'I', # Isoleucine ATT => 'I', # Isoleucine ATG => 'M', # Methionine ACA => 'T', # Threonine ACC => 'T', # Threonine ACG => 'T', # Threonine ACT => 'T', # Threonine AAC => 'N', # Asparagine AAT => 'N', # Asparagine AAA => 'K', # Lysine AAG => 'K', # Lysine AGC => 'S', # Serine AGT => 'S', # Serine AGA => 'R', # Arginine AGG => 'R', # Arginine }; my $s = 'AGCCATGTAGCTAACTCAGGTTACATGGGGATGACCCCGCGACTTGGATTAGAGTCTCTTTTGGAATAAGCCTGAATGATCCGAGTAGCATCTCAG'; for ($s =~ /ATG (?:[ACGT]{3})*? (?: TAA | TAG | TGA )/gx) { my @codons = /[ACGT]{3}/g; say join '', map GENETIC_CODE->{$_}, @codons; }