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What role do the following codons (UGA, UAA, UAG) play in protein system

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Signal the end of protein-coding sequences

Step-by-step explanation:

The codons UGA, UAA, and UAG are known as stop codons. When the RNA is being translated to protein, and the RNAm reads those codons, it knows it has to end the protein sequence

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