BIOLOGY
STRUCTURE OF NUCLEIC ACIDS
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Question
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How many amino acids would be linked together to form a protein based on the DNA sequence-ATGGCTCGATCA?
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1
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2
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3
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4
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -There are about 20 amino acids and they link together in molecular chains called polypeptides, which are the building blocks of proteins.
Detailed explanation-2: -The four types of nitrogen bases found in nucleotides are: adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G) and cytosine (C).
Detailed explanation-3: -Combining four nucleotides in three-letter codes yielded 64 possible combinations (4 x 4 x 4), sufficient to describe 20 amino acids. They discovered the codes for other amino acids: for example, AAA for lysine and CCC for proline.
Detailed explanation-4: -8. The amino acid threonine is represented by the mRNA codon ACA.
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