Using the codon chart, what is the sequence of amino acids that is produced when this RNA is translated?
Answers
In transcription, the DNA sequence of a gene is "rewritten" in RNA. In eukaryotes, the RNA must go through additional processing steps to become a messenger RNA, or mRNA. In translation, the sequence of nucleotides in the mRNA is "translated" into a sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide (protein chain).
Translation starts at a methionine (Met) codon, which specifies the amino acid methionine (Met). Translation stops at a Stop codon, which does not specify an amino acid.
Translation of an mRNA molecule by the ribosome occurs in three stages: initiation, elongation, and termination. During initiation, the small ribosomal subunit binds to the start of the mRNA sequence.
Translation happens in four stages: activation (make ready), initiation (start), elongation (make longer) and termination (stop). These terms describe the growth of the amino acid chain (polypeptide).
20 Amino Acids In Human Protein:
Table of DNA Base Triplets, RNA Codons & Anticodons
Amino Acid
DNA Base Triplets
M-RNA Codons
T-RNA Anticodons
alanine
CGA, CGG, CGT, CGC
GCU, GCC, GCA, GCG
CGA, CGG, CGU, CGC
arginine
GCA, GCG, GCT, GCC
TCT, TCC
CGU, CGC, CGA, CGG
AGA, AGG
GCA, GCG, GCU, GCC
UCU, UCC
asparagine
TTA, TTG
AAU, AAC
UUA, UUG
aspartate
CTA, CTG
GAU, GAC
CUA, CUG
cysteine
ACA, ACG
UGU, UGC
ACA, ACG
glutamate
CTT, CTC
GAA, GAG
CUU, CUC
glutamine
GTT, GTC
CAA, CAG
GUU, GUC
glycine
CCA, CCG, CCT, CCC
GGU, GGC, GGA, GGG
CCA, CCG, CCU, CCC
histidine
GTA, GTG
CAU, CAC
GUA, GUG
isoleucine
TAA, TAG, TAT
AUU, AUC, AUA
UAA, UAG, UAU
leucine
AAT, AAC, GAA, GAG
GAT, GAC
UUA, UUG, CUU, CUC
CUA, CUG
AAU, AAC, GAA, GAG
GAU, GAC
lysine
TTT, TTC
AAA, AAG
UUU, UUC
methionine
TAC
AUG
UAC
phenylalanine
AAA, AAG
UUU, UUC
AAA, AAG
proline
GGA, GGG, GGT, GGC
CCU, CCC, CCA, CCG
GGA, GGG, GGU, GGC
serine
AGA, AGG, AGT, AGC
TCA, TCG
UCU, UCC, UCA, UCG
AGU, AGC
AGA, AGG, AGU, AGC
UCA, UCG
stop
ATT, ATC, ACT
UAA, UAG, UGA
AUU, AUC, ACU
threonine
TGA, TGG, TGT, TGC
ACU, ACC, ACA, ACG
UGA, UGG, UGU, UGC
tryptophan
ACC
UGG
ACC
tyrosine
ATA, ATG
UAU, UAC
AUA, AUG
valine
CAA, CAG, CAT, CAC
GUU, GUC, GUA, GUG
CAA, CAG, CAU, CAC
Answer:
tRNAs bring their amino acids to the mRNA in a specific order. This order is determined by the attraction between a codon, a sequence of three nucleotides on the mRNA, and a complementary nucleotide triplet on the tRNA, called an anticodon. This anticodon also specifies the particular amino acid that the tRNA carries.
Explanation:
In transcription, the DNA sequence of a gene is "rewritten" in RNA. In eukaryotes, the RNA must go through additional processing steps to become a messenger RNA, or mRNA. In translation, the sequence of nucleotides in the mRNA is "translated" into a sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide (protein chain).
Translation starts at a methionine (Met) codon, which specifies the amino acid methionine (Met). Translation stops at a Stop codon, which does not specify an amino acid.