What would happen if in a gene encoding a polypeptide of 50 amino acids, 25^ th codon (UAU) is mutated to UAA?

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The process of translation requires transfer of genetic information from a polymer of nucleotides to a polymer of amino acids. The three letter nucleotide code of DNA and RNA is termed as codon. These are termed so since they code for amino acids by the ribosomes during the translation process. There are 64 codons in total in the genetic code of which 61 codons code for amino acids and 3 codons do not code for any amino acid and called as stop codons since protein synthesis terminated when stop codons are read. The