Check out this link (http://www.petercollingridge.co.uk/tutorials/bioinformatics/codon-table/) for a quick algorithm for parsing these strings.
codon_tables = {
"1": ["FFLLSSSSYY**CC*WLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","---M------**--*----M---------------M----------------------------","Standard"],
"2": ["FFLLSSSSYY**CCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIMMTTTTNNKKSS**VVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","----------**--------------------MMMM----------**---M------------","Vertebrate Mitochondrial"],
"3": ["FFLLSSSSYY**CCWWTTTTPPPPHHQQRRRRIIMMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","----------**----------------------MM----------------------------","Yeast Mitochondrial"],
"4": ["FFLLSSSSYY**CCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","--MM------**-------M------------MMMM---------------M------------","Mold Mitochondrial; Protozoan Mitochondrial; Coelenterate Mitochondrial; Mycoplasma; Spiroplasma"],
"5": ["FFLLSSSSYY**CCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIMMTTTTNNKKSSSSVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","---M------**--------------------MMMM---------------M------------","Invertebrate Mitochondrial"],
"6": ["FFLLSSSSYYQQCC*WLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","--------------*--------------------M----------------------------","Ciliate, Dasycladacean and Hexamita Nuclear"],
"9": ["FFLLSSSSYY**CCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNNKSSSSVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","----------**-----------------------M---------------M------------","Echinoderm and Flatworm Mitochondrial"],
"10":["FFLLSSSSYY**CCCWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","----------**-----------------------M----------------------------","Euplotid Nuclear"],
"11":["FFLLSSSSYY**CC*WLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","---M------**--*----M------------MMMM---------------M------------","Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid"],
"12":["FFLLSSSSYY**CC*WLLLSPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","----------**--*----M---------------M----------------------------","Alternative Yeast Nuclear"],
"13":["FFLLSSSSYY**CCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIMMTTTTNNKKSSGGVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","---M------**----------------------MM---------------M------------","Ascidian Mitochondrial"],
"14":["FFLLSSSSYYY*CCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNNKSSSSVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","-----------*-----------------------M----------------------------","Alternative Flatworm Mitochondrial"],
"16":["FFLLSSSSYY*LCC*WLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","----------*---*--------------------M----------------------------","Chlorophycean Mitochondrial"],
"21":["FFLLSSSSYY**CCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIMMTTTTNNNKSSSSVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","----------**-----------------------M---------------M------------","Trematode Mitochondrial"],
"22":["FFLLSS*SYY*LCC*WLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","------*---*---*--------------------M----------------------------","Scenedesmus obliquus Mitochondrial"],
"23":["FF*LSSSSYY**CC*WLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","--*-------**--*-----------------M--M---------------M------------","Thraustochytrium Mitochondrial"],
"24":["FFLLSSSSYY**CCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSSKVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","---M------**-------M---------------M---------------M------------","Pterobranchia Mitochondrial"],
"25":["FFLLSSSSYY**CCGWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","---M------**-----------------------M---------------M------------","Candidate Division SR1 and Gracilibacteria"],
"26":["FFLLSSSSYY**CC*WLLLAPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","----------**--*----M---------------M----------------------------","Pachysolen tannophilus Nuclear"],
"27":["FFLLSSSSYYQQCCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","--------------*--------------------M----------------------------","Karyorelict Nuclear"],
"28":["FFLLSSSSYYQQCCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","----------**--*--------------------M----------------------------","Condylostoma Nuclear"],
"29":["FFLLSSSSYYYYCC*WLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","--------------*--------------------M----------------------------","Mesodinium Nuclear"],
"30":["FFLLSSSSYYEECC*WLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","--------------*--------------------M----------------------------","Peritrich Nuclear"],
"31":["FFLLSSSSYYEECCWWLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIIIMTTTTNNKKSSRRVVVVAAAADDEEGGGG","----------**-----------------------M----------------------------","Blastocrithidia Nuclear"]
}
