Question

Is the stop codon an amino acid?

Answer 1

Methionine is the only amino acidspecified by just one codon, AUG. The stop codons are UAA, UAG, and UGA. They encode no amino acid. The ribosome pauses and falls off the mRNA.

Answer 2

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Stop codon suppression or translational readthrough occurs when in translation a stop codon is interpreted as a sense codon, that is, when a (standard) amino acid is 'encoded' by the stop codon.