Biochemistry
Biochemistry
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ISBN: 9781319114671
Author: Lubert Stryer, Jeremy M. Berg, John L. Tymoczko, Gregory J. Gatto Jr.
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 4, Problem 48P
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The difference in the percentage of identity of the amino acid sequence of a yeast protein and a human protein needs to be explained.

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A sequence of three DNA or RNA nucleotides is called a codon. The three-nucleotide sequence or codon corresponds to a specific amino acid, and these codons are interpreted by the tRNA. The tRNA also contains the anticodon which recognizes and interprets the codons on the mRNA. The tRNA binds itscorresponding codon on the ribosome and they decode the mRNA until the whole sequence is coded.

The sequences of amino acid and that on the DNA can be very identical which what the question deals with here.

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