Question

Codon degeneracy means that
A) Several of amino acids are coded by more than one codon
B) One codon can code for many amino acids
C) One amino acid can be coded by only one codon
D) The codons are triplet nucleotide sequences.

Answer 1

Hint:Amino acids are made up of two functional groups one is amine and other is carboxyl and has the side chain that is particular for each amino acid. The important compound of an amino acid is carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.

Complete answer:
>When the genetic code is degenerate it is called codon degeneracy.
>It stands for that there is more than one codon that is particular for the single amino acid.
>The process in which many of the amino acids, each coded by more than one codon is called codon degeneracy.

Additional information:
>Amino acids play a part in the formation of proteins. These amino acids lead to making the polymer chains called peptides or longer chains called either polypeptides by joining together. These polypeptides are called proteins.
>These polymers which help in formation of protein are linear and unbranched.
>Ribosomes help to step by step to increase the length of the chain in the protein formation.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note:Synonymous mutations is the existence of degeneracy of genetic code. The process of making proteins which is carried by DNA/RNA as a genetic material is called translation.