Which one of the following triplet codes, is correctly matched with its specificity for an amino acid in protein synthesis or as 'start' or 'stop' codon?

UCG - Start

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UUU - Stop

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UGU - Leucine

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TAC - Tyrosine

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Solution

The correct option is D TAC - Tyrosine
TAC is correctly matched to tyrosine. A codon is a sequence of three adjacent nucleotides constituting the genetic code that determines the insertion of a specific amino acid in a polypeptide chain during protein synthesis or the signal to stop protein synthesis.

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