Question

Spiderman's cellular components were analyzed in detail. His

proteins were found to contain 30 different amino acids and his DNA
to contain 6 types of nucleotides. What would be the minimum number
of base pairs in each codon to allow coding for these 30 amino
acids?
Write down all relevant work.

Answer 1

At least 2 pairs.

Step-by-step explanation:

When we study human genetics, codons are cracks formed by the nitrogenous bases (A, U, C and G). The four nitrogenous bases can have 64 different combinations, so there are 64 different codes. This is because human codons are formed by 3 nitrogenous bases, which gives us 4 * 4 * 4 since it is an arrangement with repetition. In the case of spiderman cells, we have to have at least 30 possible combinations, and if we have 2 base pairs in each codon, we have 6 * 6 possibilities, which already fulfills the condition as we could have 36 different amino acids.