Concepts of Genetics (12th Edition)
Concepts of Genetics (12th Edition)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780134604718
Author: William S. Klug, Michael R. Cummings, Charlotte A. Spencer, Michael A. Palladino, Darrell Killian
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 13, Problem 2NST

When repeating copolymers are used to form synthetic mRNAs, dinucleotides produce a single type of polypeptide that contains only two different amino acids. On the other hand, using a trinucleotide sequence produces three different polypeptides, each consisting of only a single amino add. Why? What will be produced when a repeating tetranucleotide is used?

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a) Design an mRNA sequence that would be translated by this system as a polypeptide consisting of alternating His and Thr. b) If you use a natural RNA polymerase extracted from E. coli, what modification you need to do to your synthetic mRNA to produce the polypeptide consisting of alternating His and Thr?
Consider a stretch of DNA (a hypothetical gene) that has the sequence 5’ ATG-CTA-TCA-TGG-TTC-TAA 3’ A) Transcribe and translate this gene using the genetic code table. Be sure to label the mRNA 3’ and 5’ ends. Write the amino acid sequence using 1 letter abbreviations. B) Now, our hypothetical gene has undergone a mutation. The mutant sequence is....3’ TAC-GAT-AGT-ACC-AAT-ATT 5’5’ ATG-CTA-TCA-TGG-TTA-TAA 3’ Transcribe and translate the mutant sequence. Be sure to label the mRNA 3’ and 5’ ends. Write the amino acid sequence using 1 letter abbreviations. C) Indicate the type of mutation (nonsense, missense, silent, or frame shift) present. D) How severe of a consequence will this mutation likely be in terms of protein function (none, mild, moderate or severe)? Why?
a) What is a mutation in molecular terms?      b) a mutation deletes a base in the genomic DNA discuss how that will affect the reading frame and expression product production. Using the following list of codons describe, using diagrams etc., how information stored in the DNA is translated into a peptide. Be sure to discuss all steps. In other words, use a diagram and give me sequences, transcription and translation steps. Show the sequences of the sense and the other DNA strand, the mRNA and the tRNA’s.                    UUU -phenylalanine         UCU -serine          AUG –initiation/methionine                CUU -leucine                    ACU -threonine                   GUU -valine                      UAA -Termination

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