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Genetic code comes on long strands. The indvidual bases are grouped into threes in the stand. The groups of three code for either an amino acid or a to start or stop making a polypeptide. Chains of these groups of three code for the polypeptides, proteins and enzymes that our bodies depend on. There are lots more possible combinations of the four base pairs than there are amino acids so the same amino acid can be coded for in several different ways. Genetic code comes on long strands. The indvidual bases are grouped into threes in the stand. The groups of three code for either an amino acid or a to start or stop making a polypeptide. Chains of these groups of three code for the polypeptides, proteins and enzymes that our bodies depend on. There are lots more possible combinations of the four base pairs than there are amino acids so the same amino acid can be coded for in several different ways.
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∙ 13y agoCodons, divisions of 3 nitrogenous bases, each code for a different amino acid, in turn creating certain proteins because amino acids make up proteins.
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To create amino acids the genetic code requires nucleotides?
3
What does it mean to say that the genetic code is triplet?
Prior to understanding the details of transcription and translation, geneticists predicted that DNA could encode amino acids only if a code of at least three nucleotides was used. The logic is that the nucleotide code must be able to specify the placement of 20 amino acids. Since there are only four nucleotides, a code of single nucleotides would only represent four amino acids, such that A, C, G and U could be translated to encode amino acids. A doublet code could code for 16 amino acids (4 x 4). A triplet code could make a genetic code for 64 different combinations (4 X 4 X 4) genetic code and provide plenty of information in the DNA molecule to specify the placement of all 20 amino acids. When experiments were performed to crack the genetic code it was found to be a code that was triplet. These three letter codes of nucleotides (AUG, AAA, etc.) are called codons. The genetic code only needed to be cracked once because it is universal (with some rare exceptions). That means all organisms use the same codons to specify the placement of each of the 20 amino acids in protein formation. A codon table can therefore be constructed and any coding region of nucleotides read to determine the amino acid sequence of the protein encoded. A look at the genetic code in the codon table below reveals that the code is redundant meaning many of the amino acids can be coded by four or six possible codons. The amino acid sequence of proteins from all types of organisms is usually determined by sequencing the gene that encodes the protein and then reading the genetic code from the DNA sequence.
what is the genetic code stored in DNA is used to produce protein products?
The genetic code stored in DNA is the sequence of nitrogen bases. The sequence of nitrogen bases determines the sequence of amino acids in a protein, and the sequence of amino acids determines the structure and function of a protein.
What is the number of nucleotides found in a protein?
None! The reason is: there are no nucleotides in proteins. Nucleotides are the monomers (building blocks) of nucleic acids. The monomers of proteins are amino acids. The relationship between nucleotides and amino acids is the genetic code. In brief, the genetic code works like this: within a region of DNA that codes for a polypeptide chain (from which a protein will be made) a group of three adjacent nucleotides code for one amino acid.
What Portion of DNA which carries the genetic code for the formation of a particular protein by specifying its amino acids sequence?
Gene
What is the alphabet for the genetic code?
It is the code for amino acids
What does the code for genetic information change to during translation?
Nucleic Acids to Amino Acids--APEX
To create amino acids the genetic code requires nucleotides?
3
How do you make a protein from DNA?
mRNA transcribes a strand of DNA and carries the genetic code to a ribosome, where the mRNA code is translated by tRNA into a strand of amino acids, making a protein.
What do ribosomes have on them?
Ribosomes are proteins that fecilitate protein synthesis by providing a system where the individual amino acids can be assembled into larger peptides and proteins. Ribosomes are sites where the genetic code from mRNA is translated to a sequence of amino acids, thus forming a protein
What are the Genetic codes contain?
The genetic code is carried in the DNA on the chromosomes.
What is required to produce proteins from amino acids?
An mRNA transcript carries the genetic code to the ribosome. tRNA molecules bring amino acids to the ribosome for translation. The amino acids polymerize into functional proteins.
What cellular organelles is the site of the translation of the genetic code of nucleic acids into the amino acid code of polypeptides?
Ribosomes
What does it mean to say that the genetic code is triplet?
Prior to understanding the details of transcription and translation, geneticists predicted that DNA could encode amino acids only if a code of at least three nucleotides was used. The logic is that the nucleotide code must be able to specify the placement of 20 amino acids. Since there are only four nucleotides, a code of single nucleotides would only represent four amino acids, such that A, C, G and U could be translated to encode amino acids. A doublet code could code for 16 amino acids (4 x 4). A triplet code could make a genetic code for 64 different combinations (4 X 4 X 4) genetic code and provide plenty of information in the DNA molecule to specify the placement of all 20 amino acids. When experiments were performed to crack the genetic code it was found to be a code that was triplet. These three letter codes of nucleotides (AUG, AAA, etc.) are called codons. The genetic code only needed to be cracked once because it is universal (with some rare exceptions). That means all organisms use the same codons to specify the placement of each of the 20 amino acids in protein formation. A codon table can therefore be constructed and any coding region of nucleotides read to determine the amino acid sequence of the protein encoded. A look at the genetic code in the codon table below reveals that the code is redundant meaning many of the amino acids can be coded by four or six possible codons. The amino acid sequence of proteins from all types of organisms is usually determined by sequencing the gene that encodes the protein and then reading the genetic code from the DNA sequence.
what is the genetic code stored in DNA is used to produce protein products?
The genetic code stored in DNA is the sequence of nitrogen bases. The sequence of nitrogen bases determines the sequence of amino acids in a protein, and the sequence of amino acids determines the structure and function of a protein.
The genetic code is nearly universal in that?
The genetic code is said to be universal because a codon represents the same amino acids in almost all organisms. There are more than one codon for the same amino acid.
The genetic code is said to be universal because a codon represents the same?
The genetic code is said to be universal because a codon representsthe same amino acid in almost all organisms.
