KVPY Sample Paper KVPY Stream-SX Model Paper-12

  • question_answer
    Which one of the following statements is not correct during protein synthesis?

    A) UAA codon codes for lysine

    B) UGG codon codes for tryptophan

    C) Cysteine is coded by UGU and UAC codons

    D) Tyrosine is coded by UAU and UAC codons

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    UAA (ochre) is a termination or non-sense codon and does not code for lysine (lys). It is the codon of a functional gene, helps in termination of polypeptide chain. It does not code for any amino acid.


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