Codons are three-base sequences in mRNA that specify the addition of a single amino acid to the growing protein chain during translation. How do eukaryotic codons and prokaryotic codons • The translation of codons is mediated by tRNAs in eukaryotes, but translation requires no intermediate molecules such as tRNAs in prokaryotes. Codons are a nearly universal language among all organisms Prokaryotic codons usually specify different amino acids than those of eukaryotes Prokaryotic codons usually contain different bases than those of eukaryotes
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Codons are three-base sequences that specify the addition of a single amino acid. How do eukaryotic codons and prokaryotic codons compare? Prokaryotic codons usually contain different bases than those of eukaryotes. Codons are nearly universal language among all organisms. Prokaryotic codons usually specify different amino acids than those of eukaryotes. The translation of codons is mediated by tRNAs in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, but translation requires intermediate molecules such as tRNAs.
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Codons that call for the same amino acid tend to differ at the third nucleotide position because: the pairing between the third base of the tRNA anticodon and the third nucleotide of the codon is flexible. the statistical probability of potential nucleotide agreements restricts which nucleotide can occupy the third position. nonstandard base pairing between the first nucleotide of the codon and the second base of the anticodon commonly occurs. there are greater number of tRNAs available than the number of amino acids existing in the cell.
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A codon is a sequence of three nitrogenous bases on mRNA that corresponds to an amino acid. It is not a sequence of three nitrogenous bases on tRNA. A codon is also not a type of DNA repair enzyme or a promoter that prevents the attachment of RNA polymerase. The part of the ribosome to which mRNA attaches is called the ribosome binding site. Proteins called histones surround/associate with DNA to help organize it. These proteins can be modified to alter gene expression. Lamins, nucleoporins, and transcription factors are not proteins that surround/associate with DNA.
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