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Codon vs Nucleotide - What's the difference?

codon | nucleotide |

Nucleotide is a holonym of codon.

Nucleotide is a meronym of codon.



In biochemistry terms the difference between codon and nucleotide

is that codon is a sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis, or translation. Three special codons, called "stop codons," signal protein synthesis to terminate while nucleotide is the monomer comprising DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group.

codon

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia codon)
  • (biochemistry) A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis, or translation. Three special codons, called "stop codons," signal protein synthesis to terminate.
  • Hyponyms

    * anticodon * stop codon * start codon

    Meronyms

    * nucleotide

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    nucleotide

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) the monomer comprising DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group.
  • Derived terms

    * cyclic nucleotide * deoxynucleotide * deoxyribonucleotide * dideoxynucleotide * dinucleotide * internucleotide * mononucleotide * nucleotidyltransferase * oligodeoxynucleotide * oligonucleotide * polynucleotidase * polynucleotide * radionucleotide * ribonucleotide * tetranucleotide * trinucleotide * trinucleotide repeat disorder

    Meronyms

    * nucleobase

    Holonyms

    * codon * DNA * RNA

    See also

    * nucleoside * nucleobase * DNA * RNA