Question

suppose you sequenced an mrna and found that the bases read: aug uau agu ccu ccg what amino acids would be found in the translated protein? use the genetic code above. met-tyr-ser-pro-pro ala-ser-stop met-ile-ser-gly-gly you cant tell because of the redundancy in the code.

Explanation:

Each three - base sequence (codon) in mRNA codes for an amino acid.

• AUG is the start codon and codes for Methionine (Met).
• UAU codes for Tyrosine (Tyr).
• AGU codes for Serine (Ser).
• CCU and CCG both code for Proline (Pro).

Answer:

Met-Tyr-Ser-Pro-Pro