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Can someone please explain why theres a triplet code, i mean it doesnt make sense because it says because it can code for 20 amino acids but how can it when it apparently makes 64 different combinations? I am so confused with this triplet code stuff someone please help me
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Can someone please explain why theres a triplet code, i mean it doesnt make sense because it says because it can code for 20 amino acids but how can it when it apparently makes 64 different combinations? I am so confused with this triplet code stuff someone please help me
Can someone please explain why theres a triplet code, i mean it doesnt make sense because it says because it can code for 20 amino acids but how can it when it apparently makes 64 different combinations? I am so confused with this triplet code stuff someone please help me
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This is because triplet code is degenerate. This means that different codes can end up as the same amino acid. For example, see the table attached. Every amino acid except one has more than one code that will produce that amino acid. Like UCU will make serine but UCC will also make serine. An advantage of this is if the DNA mutates then there might not be any noticeable difference. For example if the code is supposed to be UCU but it mutates to UCC then there will be no effect on the phenotype as there is no difference
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Sorry the table won't attach just put triplet code degenerate into google images and you'll get what I mean
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Also note that not every combination of 3 bases encodes for an amino acid. There are 'STOP' codons which signal for the termination of translation: these are UAG, UGA and UAA in RNA.
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4 possible bases => A or T/U or C or G
3 permutations '1' or '2' or '3'
4^3 = 64
DNA is a base 4 system with 3 values.
64 is the potential codes you could make with such a system.
DNA only needs to have information for around 20, amino acids and like mentioned 'STOP' codons.
So in Reality a lot of this 'potential code' is recycled meaning 2 values for the same amino acid. This makes the code Degenerate.
Think of it like this you have 64 boxes but 20 varieties of toys some boxes can contain the same type of toy meaning balls in 4 boxes(Glycine has 4 triplet codes) or blocks in 2 different boxes (Tyrosine having 2 triplet codes). You can fill your 64 boxes without 64 different toy varieties.
Hope it helps.
3 permutations '1' or '2' or '3'
4^3 = 64
DNA is a base 4 system with 3 values.
64 is the potential codes you could make with such a system.
DNA only needs to have information for around 20, amino acids and like mentioned 'STOP' codons.
So in Reality a lot of this 'potential code' is recycled meaning 2 values for the same amino acid. This makes the code Degenerate.
Think of it like this you have 64 boxes but 20 varieties of toys some boxes can contain the same type of toy meaning balls in 4 boxes(Glycine has 4 triplet codes) or blocks in 2 different boxes (Tyrosine having 2 triplet codes). You can fill your 64 boxes without 64 different toy varieties.
Hope it helps.
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