A Triplet of Bases on an MRNA Molecule is Known

Question

A triplet of bases on an mRNA molecule is known as a(n)
A) amino acid.
B) anticodon.
C) codon.
D) ribosome-binding sequence.

Accepted Answer

A triplet of bases on an mRNA molecule is known as a codon, which codes for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis. The other options are not correct; an anticodon is a triplet of bases on tRNA that recognizes and binds to a specific codon, an amino acid is a building block of a protein, and a ribosome-binding sequence is a sequence of nucleotides on mRNA that helps recruit ribosomes to the mRNA molecule during translation.