Codon Flashcards
1
Q
Codon
A
Group of three nucleotides on the Messenger RNA and can be visualized as three wrongs of ladder
2
Q
What is the code for codon?
A
Single amino acid
3
Q
How many total codons are there?
A
64 codons but 20 amino acids
4
Q
AAA
A
Adenine adenine adenine
5
Q
AAG
A
Adenine adenine guanine
6
Q
What is codon for lysine, serine and serine receptive
A
AAAUCUUCGU Are codons
7
Q
Groups of AAU CUU
A
Result amino acid will be completely different because there are start and stock codons that indicate the beginning and ending of a sequence
8
Q
What is the start of codon?
A
AUG methionine
9
Q
What is known for ocher opal and Amber?
A
UAA UGA UAG stop codon
