Are the termination codons (stop codons) universal? - Bioinformatics Hub

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- 2023-03-25 at 8:10 am #2803
  Alice K
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  Are the termination codons (stop codons) working in all life forms? Can a termination codon (stop codon) encode any of the aminoacids?
- 2023-03-27 at 11:07 am #2822
  Marzana M
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  There are three standard stop codons in biology: UAG, UAA, and UGA.
  
  There are some variations of these codons. See Stop codon – Wikipedia.
  
  A stop codon may be used to encode an amino acid, e.g., UGA can encode selenocysteine.
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