Question

or each sequence of DNA is shown. Write the complementary RNA sequence underneath the letters, thenuse the codon chart to determine the amino acid sequence:DNA → A C A T T T C A G A C C G T C

Answer 1

UGU-AAA-GUC-UGG-CAG

Cys, Lys, Val, Trp, Gln

Explaination:

Apples Under Trees

That sentence will make sense in a second,

A(Adenine) goes with T(Thymine)

G(Guanine) goes with C(Cytosine)

Ex: CAT

->GTA

That's DNA's complementary DNA sequence.

For DNA converting to RNA

(Where Apples Under Trees comes in)

T(Thymine) will be replaced with U(Uracil)

Ex: CAT

->GUA

Codon chart:

For the codon chart, I like to use the circle one.

Steps:

We will be finding the sequence GUA :)

1. Find the first FOUR boxes in the middle. (Color Coded tan)

We have G first, so go on to the next section.

(as you can see the codon chart is split into four sections)

2. Find the next letters (Color coded light green) and find U because that's the letter after G.

3. Find the next letters (Color coded white) and find the amino acid the letter matchs to.

If you got VAL you did it correctly :)