If a region of DNA had 300 base pairs, how many amino acids would you find in the corresponding protein?

1 Answer
Oct 4, 2016

99 amino acids

Explanation:

Each amino acid corresponds to codons; sequences of 3 base pairs. If you have 300 base pairs, you get 100 codons. However, you only get 99 amino acids in the protein as the last codon is a stop codon with terminates protein synthesis.