Name one amino acid which is coded by only one codon
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Nature Although each codon is specific for only one amino acid (or one stop signal), the genetic code is described as degenerate, or redundant, because a single amino acid may be coded for by more than one codon.
Nature Although each codon is specific for only one amino acid (or one stop signal), the genetic code is described as degenerate, or redundant, because a single amino acid may be coded for by more than one codon.
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Tryptophan or Methionine are the Amino acids that are coded by only one codon.
There are 20 Amino acids and each have different DNA codons. These are used to represent them these are represented in the 3 letter combination like ATG for Methionine and TGG for Tryptophan.
You can write any of them as both are correct answer for the given question.
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