Question 86 of 97
Q.Initiation Codon is :
(a) UAG
(b) UUU
(c) AUG
(d) UGA
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In the standard genetic code, translation of an mRNA into a polypeptide always begins at a specific triplet codon called the initiation (start) codon, which is AUG. This codon is recognised by the initiator tRNA carrying the amino acid methionine (or N-formylmethionine, fMet, in prokaryotes), which is placed as the first amino acid of the growing polypeptide chain, setting the reading frame for all subsequent codons.
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