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Multiple Choice
How many different standard amino acids can be incorporated into proteins during translation?
A
20
B
16
C
22
D
18
Verified step by step guidance
1
Understand that the question is asking about the standard amino acids that are incorporated into proteins during the process of translation.
Recall that translation is the process by which ribosomes synthesize proteins using mRNA as a template.
Recognize that there are 20 standard amino acids that are universally used by organisms to build proteins.
These 20 amino acids are encoded by the genetic code, which is a set of three-nucleotide sequences called codons.
Note that while there are more than 20 amino acids in nature, only these 20 are considered standard because they are directly encoded by the genetic code and incorporated into proteins during translation.