Progress curve for a reaction of the form

TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Selenocysteine is incorporated into proteins with the aid of a tRNA that interprets the UGA Stop codon as a Sec codon. tRNASec is initially charged with serine in a reaction catalyzed by the same SerRS that charges tRNASer.

TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Instead, a dedicated protein (a special elongation factor) named SELB in complex with GTP is required to deliver Sec–tRNASec to the ribosome.

TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

SELB ∙ GTP ∙ Sec–tRNASec reads the UGA codon as Sec rather than “Stop,” provided that the ribosomally bound mRNA has a hairpin loop on the 3′ side of the UGA specifying Sec.

TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

The gene can be restored to normal function if a second mutation either (1)converts the misplaced termination codon to a codon specifying an amino acid or (2) suppresses the effects of the termination codon, such restorative mutations are called nonsense suppressors.

TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Pyl is specified by the codon UAG (normally a Stop codon).

TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

The Wobble Base of the Anticodon Determines the Number of Codons a tRNA Can Recognize.