Translation

RNA → Protein

The second step after transcription is translation: ribosomes read the mRNA codons and assemble a chain of amino acids — a protein.

Each 3-letter RNA codon maps to one amino acid (using standard single-letter codes):

CODON_TABLE = {
    "AUG": "M",  # Start / Methionine
    "UUU": "F", "UUC": "F",  # Phenylalanine
    "UAA": "*", "UAG": "*", "UGA": "*",  # Stop
    # ... 61 more
}

Translation starts at AUG and continues until a stop codon (*) is reached:

def translate(rna):
    protein = ""
    for i in range(0, len(rna) - 2, 3):
        aa = CODON_TABLE.get(rna[i:i+3], "?")
        if aa == "*":
            break
        protein += aa
    return protein

print(translate("AUGAAAUAA"))  # MK

AlphaGenome predicts splice junction usage — which RNA pieces get stitched together before translation — because errors in splicing cause many genetic diseases.

Your Task

Implement translate(rna) using the provided codon table.