MEDIUMMCQ SINGLEJEE Mains ChemistryOrganic ChemistryBiomoleculesPrevious Year Questions
A sequence of how many nucleotides in messenger RNA makes a codon for an amino acid? (Manipal 2007)
A.Three✓ Correct
B.Four
C.One
D.Two
Explanation
Proteins are the building block of the body. These are basically the number of amino-acid which are arranged sequentially. These are produced by the triplet codons. Therefore, three nucleotides in messenger RNA make a codon for an amino acid. This codon is unique and universal. It is also called the genetic code. Thus, the correct option is (a) Three
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