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Simple answer FIVE. Each codon is made up of links. There are three links to the codon. Each codon codes for a single amino acid. A polypeptide is a string of amino acids. The term is usually used for smaller polypeptide chains. Larger chains are usually referred to as proteins although not all proteins are simply polypeptides. Heomoglobin, for example, contains a heme group.

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15 .Each amino acid is coded by a codon and each codon contains 3 bases .

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Q: How many codons are incolved ina polypeoptide that has 5 amino acids?
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A codon is a triplet base sequence?

mRNA


What 3 codons do not carry amino acids?

There are three codons that do not code for any amino acids: the stop codons. These are TAG, TAA, and TGA (in DNA, not RNA).


The codes for amino acids are called?

codons


How do amino acids specify codons?

Nucleutoides.


How many base amino acids are there?

There are 64 codons (3-base code) that represent 20 amino acids and 3 stop signals. Click on the related link to see a table of DNA codons and the amino acids for which they code.


What condons do not code for amino acids?

UAA UGA UAG They are stop codons and do not code for any amino acids.


Identifies which codons produce specific amino acids?

anticodon


What do organisms use to translate codons into amino acids?

tRNA


What is the relationship between the linear sequence of codons on mRNA and the linear sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide?

The linear sequence of codons on mRNA determines the linear sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide.


Are amino acid that are represented by one codon?

yes, but there are amino acids can be represented by many codons.


How many codons would be needed if a bacterial protein contains 150 amino acids?

1. the start codon 2. 150 codons, 1 for each amino acid 3. the stop codon The total number of different codons is 64...if this question is asking about unique codons used the answer will depend on which amino acids are in the peptide.


The triplet code means that 64 codons translate into only 20 amino acids. What are the additional 44 codons used for?

The triplet code means that 64 codons translate into only 20 amino acids. The additional 44 codons are not used for anything, but they are rather a redundancy in the code.