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Which anticodon pairs with the codon GAU?

A) CUA
B) GAU
C) CTA
D) GAT

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The answer is A. CUA
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Answer:

The correct answer would be A) CUA.

It can be explained with the help of base-pair complementarity rule. It states that adenine always base-pairs with thymine and guanine always base-pairs with cytosine.

In addition, in RNA, thymine is replaced with uracil and thus adenine base-pairs with uracil.

Anti-codon site of tRNA and codon site of mRNA are also complementary in nature.

Thus, in codon GAU, G would base-pair with C, A would base-pair with U, and U would base pair with A.

Hence, the correct anti-codon would be CUA.

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