Start Codon: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
The start codon for any polypeptide chain is always AUG, which codes for Methionine. tRNA<sup>Met</sup> is bound to AUG and begins polypeptide synthesis. <ref>Daniel L. Hartl and Maryellen Ruvolo (2012) Genetics: Analysis of genes and genomes. 8th Edition. USA: Jones and Bartlett Learning, p.26</ref><sup></sup> | The start codon for any polypeptide chain is always AUG, which codes for Methionine. tRNA<sup>Met</sup> is bound to AUG and begins polypeptide synthesis. <ref>Daniel L. Hartl and Maryellen Ruvolo (2012) Genetics: Analysis of genes and genomes. 8th Edition. USA: Jones and Bartlett Learning, p.26</ref><sup></sup> | ||
Many polypeptides, however, have the methionine cleaved off after translation is complete, so AUG codon will not always be present in base sequences. | |||
<br> | |||
= References = | = References = | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
Revision as of 15:32, 28 November 2011
The start codon for any polypeptide chain is always AUG, which codes for Methionine. tRNAMet is bound to AUG and begins polypeptide synthesis. [1]
Many polypeptides, however, have the methionine cleaved off after translation is complete, so AUG codon will not always be present in base sequences.
References
- ↑ Daniel L. Hartl and Maryellen Ruvolo (2012) Genetics: Analysis of genes and genomes. 8th Edition. USA: Jones and Bartlett Learning, p.26