Why does a base triplet consist of only 3 nucleotides?
A nucleotide consists of a phosphate, a sugar molecule, and a base. Since a base triplet consists of three base pairs, shouldn't six nucleotides form a triplet?
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They have a phosphorus ester bond between the individual sugar molecules (riboses), which are linked to each other, which do not show "outside". Relevant to the amino acids, however, are only the bases (only the bases are relevant to the tRNA). A mRNA is then read in by the tRNA
However, the mRNA is single-stranded and is read off the ribosome by triplets, therefore only 3 bases.
A base triplet consists of 3 bases, not 3 base pairs.