Question

What would be the resulting polypeptide chain that is produced from the DNA template code: TACTTCAAAATC? Use the following RNA codon to amino acid table to help you figure out the resulting polypeptide. Show your steps.

Answer 1

Methionine- Lysine- leucine- stop

Step-by-step explanation:

This question is describing the processes of transcription and translation, which are both involved in protein synthesis. Transcription is the synthesis of a mRNA molecule from a DNA template while translation is the synthesis of a polypeptide/amino acid sequence from a mRNA template.

The following DNA molecule was given as follows; TAC TTC AAA ATC. Firstly transcription will synthesize an mRNA molecule based on complementary base pairing rule. The resulting mRNA will be: AUG AAG UUU UAG

Next, the process of translation which involves the synthesis of an amino acid sequence from mRNA. Using the genetic code will produce the following:

Methionine- Lysine- leucine- stop