THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
DNA MAKES RNA MAKES PROTEIN
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Question
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Amino Acid
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Nucleotide
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Fatty acid
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Carbohydrate
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Detailed explanation-1: -Each three-letter sequence of mRNA nucleotides corresponds to a specific amino acid, or to a stop codon. UGA, UAA, and UAG are stop codons. AUG is the codon for methionine, and is also the start codon.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: The three-letter sequence that codes for an amino acid is referred to as codon. Codons can either belong to DNA or RNA and they code for particular amino acids.
Detailed explanation-3: -In mRNA, three-nucleotide units called codons dictate a particular amino acid. For example, AUG codes for the amino acid methionine (beige). In mRNA, three-nucleotide units called codons dictate a particular amino acid.
Detailed explanation-4: -The nucleotide triplet that encodes an amino acid is called a codon. Each group of three nucleotides encodes one amino acid.