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Which one of the following pairs of codons in correctly matched with their function or the signal for the particular amino acid?
BiologyMolecular Basis of InheritanceNEET
Options:
  • A GUU, GCU - Alanine
  • B UAG, UGA - Stop
  • C AUG, ACG - Start/Methionine
  • D UUA, UCA - Leucine
Solution:
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The correct answer is: UAG, UGA - Stop
GCU indicates alanine but GUU indicates valine.

Stop codons are UAG, UGA and UAA AUG is the most common start codon which does for methionine.

UUA indicates leucine but UAC indicates serine.

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