If the coding part of an mRNA molecule is 1800 nucleotides (bases) in length, this molecule will contain 600 codons and code for a polypeptide that is 599 amino acids long
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A codon is a sequence of three DNA or RNA nucleotides. Each codon corresponds to a single amino acid (or stop signal). Because of that, in this example, we are going to have 600 codons (1800/3= 600).
At the end of every mRNA is a stop codon. Stop codon means that translation is over and it does not translate into any amino acid. Because of that, in this example, we are going to have a polypeptide that is 599 amino acids long.
