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11.5 Protein Translation. Translation: Converts Nucleic Acid language into amino acid language. Codon : Is a 3 base “ word ” that codes for 1 amino acid found on mRNA Several codons form a “ sentence ” or a protein The triplet code: Each codon stands for a particular amino acid
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Translation: Converts Nucleic Acid language into amino acid language
Codon: • Is a 3 base “word” that codes for 1 amino acid found on mRNA • Several codons form a “sentence” or a protein • The triplet code: • Each codon stands for a particular amino acid • 61 of the 64 triplets code for amino acids • The 3 codons that do not code for amino acids are STOP codons. (They end the sequence). • The codons are read by anticodonson the tRNA • **This coding system is shared by all organisms.