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Chapter 15, Problem 21CTQ
A scientist sequencing itiRNA identifies the following strand:
CUAUGUGUCGUAACAGCCGAUGACCCG
What is the sequence of the amino acid chain this itiRNA makes when it is translated?
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The sequence of the coding strand of a bacterial gene is given below. The positions of the first nine bases are numbered for your convenience. A missense mutation was introduced at position seven where the C was changed to a T resulting a mutant gene.
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5'- ATGGCCCGACCGCAACTTTTCCGAGCTCTGGTGTCTGCGCAGTGACC-3
a. Write the template DNA (complementary strand) sequence for the wild type gene above
b. Write the DNA sequence of the mutant gene (Both DNA strands)
c. Write the sequence of mRNA produced from the mutant gene
d. Write the sequence of the mutant protein using the codon usage table provided in the end of this document.
A scientist sequencing mRNA identifies the following strand: CUAUGUGUCGUAACAGCCGAUGACCCG
What is the sequence of the amino acid chain this mRNA makes when it is translated? The genetic code has been provided for you
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a) Replicate this sense strand to create a double-stranded DNA helix
TGAGGATGAAACTCACACCGGGGCGCAGTTTGGCACTTAGATTCTTGTACACGACCTAGTATAACACAGTT
b) Using this DNA double helix, express the gene – i.e. determine the resulting polypeptide sequence by using the correct reading frame. When you get to the stop codon – you may write an asterisk (i.e. a “*”) to denote the stop codon.
c) Does the sense strand DNA sequence have 5’ and 3’ UTR sequences? If so – write them in the space below
5’ UTR:
3’ UTR:
Chapter 15 Solutions
Biology 2e
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