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A codon of nucleotides codes for an amino acid. The combination of nucleotides in a codon determines the amino acid the codon makes.

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Q: How do nucleotides translate into amino acids?
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Molecules of DNA are composed of a long chain are called?

A DNA molecule is composed of long chains of DNA nucleotides.


What is the function of transfer?

tRNA mediates recognition of the codon and provides the corresponding amino acid. It mainly is recognized for carrying amino acids. It then gives to it mRNA to translate the nucleotides proteins.


Which nucleotides build proteins?

No, nucleotides ar e the building blocks for nucleic acids such as DNA or RNA. The building blocks for proteins are amino acids.


What are the sub-units or monomers for nucleic acids?

Amino acids


How many nucleotides are needed to specify three acids?

Nine nucleotides are needed to specify three amino acids.


How many nucleotides are necessary to code for a polypeptide that is 200 amino acids long?

In the genetic code, a sequence of three nucleotides forms a codon, which codes for one amino acid. So for each amino acid, there are three nucleotides. Therefore, 600 nucleotides are needed to make 200 amino acids.


Is proteins composed of nucleotides?

No, they are composed of Amino acids.


Amino acids are the building block for what?

nucleotides


Are nucleotides are polymers made of amino acids?

True


Nucleotides are to nucleic acids as amino acids are to?

An amino acid is the monomer used to create proteins. Nucleotides are the basic unit used to make nucleic acids (such as DNA). Therefore an amino acid is to a protein as a nucleotide is to a nucleic acid.


How many nucleotides are involved in synthesis of a protein that contains 1013 amino acids?

When we exclude the start and termination codon sequences, this leaves 1013 amino acids multiplied by 3 nucleotides per amino acid = 3039 nucleotides, or 1013 codons.


What does the code for genetic information change to during translation?

Nucleic Acids to Amino Acids--APEX