Question
Biology Question on the molecular basis of inheritance
Stop codons are
A
AUG, GUG
B
UAA, UGA, UAG
C
UAC, UGG
D
AGU, AGA, UAC.
Answer
UAA, UGA, UAG
Explanation
Solution
In eukaryotes, the termination of polypeptide chain during translation is brought about by the terminating codons or stop codons. These are UAG, UAA and UGA and these are called as amber, ochre and opal respectively. These codons are also called as nonsense codons as they do not code for any amino acid. AUG is the initiation codon. It codes for methionine amino acid.