BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

BIOLOGY

NUCLEIC ACIDS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The sequence of nucleotides in a section of RNA is:GCCAUACGAUCGWhat is the base sequence of the DNA sense strand?
A
CGGUAUGCUAGC
B
GCCATACGATCG
C
CGGTATGCTAGC
D
GCCAUACGAUCG
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -mRNA strand is complementary to template strand of DNA, while coding strand has same sequence as RNA (except thymine at the place of uracil). Hence, the sequence of bases in mRNA will be AUUCGAUG.

Detailed explanation-2: -A nucleic acid sequence, the messenger RNA or mRNA, is translated into the protein it encodes by means of transfer RNAs interacting with the ribosomal apparatus. Transfer RNAs bind to three nucleotides at a time and thus divide the nucleic acid sequence into triplet codons, each specifying one amino acid.

Detailed explanation-3: -As in DNA replication, the nucleotide sequence of the RNA chain is determined by the complementary base-pairing between incoming nucleotides and the DNA template.

Detailed explanation-4: -RNA consists of four nitrogenous bases: adenine, cytosine, uracil, and guanine.

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