Question

How many codons in a genetic code is stop codons?

Answer 1

Genetic code:

1. It is a combination of three letters, depicting three different or same nucleotides.
2. These are also called codons.
3. Each of the codons correlates to a particular amino acid or some stop signal.
4. It is a set of rules that our cells used for the translation of genetic information into proteins.
5. Each triplet of a genetic code, codes for different genetic information that includes features, such as eye color, hair color, height, etc.
6. There are 64 codons in total.

Stop codons:

1. Stop codons do not code for any amino acids.
2. These codons work as terminating the translation process.
3. Out of 64 codons, 3 codons do not code for any amino acids thus, called stop codons.
4. The three stop codons are- UAA, UGA, and UAG.