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How many different amino acids are used in protein synthesis?

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Explanation:21 amino acids

Thus, protein synthesis relies universally on 61 sense codons that encode 21 amino acids — including the nonstandard amino acid selenocysteine [2] — and three termination codons.

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20 amino acids are used in protein synthesis
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