Chapter 12.3, Problem 8MI

Summary Introduction

To determine:

Four examples of codon and the instruction coded by them.

Introduction:

Codons are the sequence of three nucleotides that codes for a single amino acid.

Explanation of Solution

Given below is the four example of codon and the instructions they encode.

AUG: it is the codon which acts at starting pint of the translation and also known as start codon. It codes for methionine.

UAG: it is a stop codon which does not code for any amino acid, resulting in the termination of amino acid chain formation

UAA: It is also a stop codon.

UGA: It is also a stop codon and resulting in termination of translation.