Genetic Code Flashcards
1
Q
Codons
A
Coding blocks of 3 nucleotides (DNA or RNA)
2
Q
Genetic Code
A
tells which triplet codes for what amino acid
3
Q
How many common amino acids are there to make proteins?
A
twenty
4
Q
How many combinations of amino acids are possible?
A
with 4 nucleotides, there are 64 possible combinations
5
Q
Anticodons
A
found in tRNA and are complementary to mRNA codons and pair with them
6
Q
How are polypeptides made?
A
tRNAs bind one after another and add their amino acid to the chain
7
Q
Three stop codons
A
UAA, UGA, UAG
