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The anticodon is the three-base code on the tRNA molecule that binds to the codon on mRNA. What is the associated codon for the anticodon CUA?

The anticodon is the three-base code on the tRNA molecule that binds to the codon on mRNA. What is the associated codon for the anticodon CUG?

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It would be GAT for the first one and GAC for the second.
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so it would be the complimentary base pairing, meaning that the codon must have been:
GAC
(Which is the codon for aspartic acid)
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