Of the 64 Possible Nucleotide Codon Triplets,how Many Specify Polypeptide

Question

Of the 64 possible nucleotide codon triplets,how many specify polypeptide chain termination?
A) 61
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
E) 64

Accepted Answer

Three codons, UAA, UAG, and UGA, do not code for any amino acid and are instead stop codons that signal the termination of protein synthesis.