Multiple choice

Which of the following semiessential amino acids is encoded by six different codons in human beings?

  1. Methionine

  2. Tryptophan

  3. Arginine

  4. Leucine

  5. Serine

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Explanation

Arginine is an α-amino acid. At the level of molecular genetics, in the structure of the messenger ribonucleic acid mRNA, CGU, CGC, CGA, CGG, AGA, and AGG are the triplets of nucleotide bases or codons that code for arginine during protein synthesis.