Biology Forum Molecular Biology DNA nucleotide

last updated by MrMistery 19 years ago
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    • #781
      Diana Timpano
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      I’m lost with this stuff…..Here are my questions. Thanks in advance.

      1) A protein has the following amino acid sequence. Construct a DNA nucleotide sequence of the structural gene:

      Phenylalanine-Glycine-Glycine-Alanine-Proline-Valine-Asparagine-Alanine

      2) Are there 0 phosphates present in tRNA?

    • #21767
      zami’87.
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      1)look into the genetic code: if mRNA UU(U,C)-GG(U,C,A,G)-GG(U,C,A,G)-GC(U,C,A,G)-CC(U,C,A,G)-GU(U,C,A,G)-AA(U,C)-GC(U,C,A,G)
      then DNA segment is AA(A,G)-CC(A,G,T,C)-CC(A,G,T,C)-CG(A,G,T,C)-GG(A,G,T,C)-CA(A,G,T,C)-TT(A,G)-CG(A,G,T,C).
      just from mRNA to DNA use A becomes T, C becomes G, U becomes A, G becomes C.
      2) Don’t agree with you. Why? I mean tRNA also has “origin” from DNA like mRNA or rRNA

      PS THIS GENETIC CODE IS FOR NUCLEUS DNA BUT NOT FOR MITOHONDRIAL DNA.Mitohondrial Gen cod is diffgerent in some cases.

    • #21787
      thank.darwin
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      The DNA code could be;

      AAA, CCT, CCT, CGT, GGT, TTA, CGT or
      AAA, CCC, CCC, CGC, GGC, TTG, CGC or
      AAA, CCA, CCA, CGA, GGA, TTG, CGA or
      AAA, CCG, CCG, CGG, GGG, TTG, CGG or
      AAC, CCT, CCT, CGT, GGT, TTA, CGT or
      AAC, CCC, CCC, CGC, GGC, TTG, CGC or
      AAC, CCA, CCA, CGA, GGA, TTG, CGA or
      AAC, CCG, CCG, CGG, GGG, TTG, CGG … I think you get the point 😀
      The list could go on…

      Some Amino Acids have more than one triplet that will produce them… For example you could have CGA, CGC, CGG, CGT, AGA, or AGG and still get Arginine 😀

    • #21796
      MrMistery
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      I agree with zami’87. on number 2. Every nucleic acid contains a phosphate(of course, not only one, it contains more)

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