what does each codon code for
Biology · High School · Mon Jan 18 2021
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Each codon, which is a sequence of three nucleotides in mRNA, codes for a specific amino acid or serves as a signal for the start or stop of protein synthesis.
This coding is part of the genetic code.
There are 64 possible codons, and they correspond to 20 different amino acids and three stop signals (UAA, UAG, UGA).
The correspondence between codons and amino acids is known as the genetic code.