Question

Given the following sequence of DNA, write the correct sequence of complementary DNA bases.

TACCGATAA

Given the following sequence of DNA, write the correct sequence of complementary mRNA.

ACCGTACTG

Given the following sequence of DNA write the correct sequence of amino acids.

ATAGGCGTA

Answer 1

1. ATGGCTATT

2. UGGCAUGAC

3. mRNA: UAU-CCG-CAU, amino acids: tyrosine(tyr)-proline(pro)-histidine(his)

Step-by-step explanation:

For DNA, the complementary bases are T=A and C=G. This means every time you see one of these letters, the corresponding letter goes with it. For mRNA, the bases are T=A, A=U, C=G. It is the same except now, there should be no "T" in the mRNA sequence. With amino acids, you would first code for the mRNA sequence, every three letters being the amino acid sequence. To find the amino acid, you would look at a codon chart unless your teacher wants you to memorize them. The first three letters of the amino acid are the abbreviation.