Science & Education

Codon to Amino Acid Translator

Translate a DNA or mRNA sequence into protein using the standard genetic code. Scans all 6 reading frames (forward and reverse complement), marks start (AUG) and stop codons, identifies the longest open reading frames (ORFs), and shows the amino-acid composition with color-coded residue types. Supports T→U normalisation and reverse-complement translation.

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/codon-amino-acid-translator' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"sequence":"AUGGCCAUAUAA","strand":"both","display":"best","maxCodons":60,"precision":1}'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/codon-amino-acid-translator

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
sequence	textarea	Yes	—
strand	select	No	—
display	select	No	—
maxCodons	number	No	0 = show all codons. Long sequences are truncated for display.
precision	number	Yes	—

Response format

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-codon-amino-acid-translator": {
      "name": "codon-amino-acid-translator",
      "description": "Translate a DNA or mRNA sequence into protein using the standard genetic code. Scans all 6 reading frames (forward and reverse complement), marks start (AUG) and stop codons, identifies the longest open reading frames (ORFs), and shows the amino-acid composition with color-coded residue types. Supports T→U normalisation and reverse-complement translation.",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=codon-amino-acid-translator",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "codon-amino-acid-translator",
    "arguments": {
  "sequence": "AUGGCCAUAUAA",
  "strand": "both",
  "display": "best",
  "maxCodons": 60,
  "precision": 1
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

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