Universal Codon of Life

All genes are composed of sequences of codons, which are triplets of nucleotide bases (A C G T/U). Ribosomes convert these sequences into proteins, which are polymers of amino acids.

Of the 64 possible codons, there are 20 amino acids coded for, 3 stop codons, and 1 start codon (methionine, which is an amino acid). There are many redundant codons, which is important for protecting against transcription errors and mutations.

Start & Stop codons

There are three stop codons: UAA, UGA, UAG.

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