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irga5000 [103]
3 years ago
6

How many distinct trnas are needed to translate every codon in the genetic code?

Biology
1 answer:
White raven [17]3 years ago
3 0
In the genetic code, codons made of of three bases specify an amino acid. With three bases, there are 64 possible permutations. With three codons corresponding to STOP codons, this leaves 61 combinations that code for an amino acid. This would require 61 distinct tRNA species were it not for the "wobble base"
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