The degeneracy of the code Third U G lyr UCC JAC UGC sense codons 61 UUA UCA UAA StOD UGA Stor UUG UCG UAG Stop UGG T CUU CCU CAU.CGU start codon 1 CUC CCC CACCGC CUA CCA CAACGA Gh CUG CCG CAG CGG stop codon: 3 GU Asn AUC Ile ACC AAC AGC AUA ACA AAA AGA AUG Mer ACG AAGys AGG Arg GU GUC GCC GAC GCC JA GCA GAA GGA GUG GCG GAG GGG Nonpolar amino acid residues are tan, basic residues are blue, acidic residues are red, and nonpolar uncharged residues are purple. AUG forms part of the initiation signal as well as coding for internal Met residuesThe degeneracy of the code • sense codons: 61 • start codon: 1 • stop codon:3