Question

Using the amino acid translation chart on the following page, provide the mRNA, Codons, Anticodons, and amino acid chain for the following DNA strand.

DNA: C T A C G G A C C T A T A C G C A A C  A T C G G

mRNA:

Codon:

Anitcodon:

Amino Acids:

Answer 1

Answer: Follow the below conversion pattern

DNA	mRNA	tRNA
A C T C	U G A G	A C U C

- First convert the DNA to mRNA using the above conversion method.

- After that divide the mRNA to triplet codon in order to convert to protein as during translation triplet codon gets converted into protein.

- Following the above conversion convert it into tRNA.

- After having converted into it follow the genetic codon table (available as free source) to convert the mRNA codons to amino acids.

DNA	CTACGGACCTATACGCAACATCGG
mRNA	GAUGCCUGGAUAUGCGUUGUAGCC
Codon	GAU GCC UGG AUA UGC GUU GUA GCC
Anticodon	CUA CGG ACC UAU ACG CAA CAA CGG
Amino acids	ASP ALA TRP ILE CYS VAL VAL ALA

Note: As there is no mention to start the conversion from start codon and terminate at stop codon, so the whole sequence has been converted accordingly.

- Below is the full name of the amino acids.

Amino acid	Abbreviations
Aspartic acid Alanine Tryptophan Isoleucine Cysteine Valine	D (Asp) A (Ala) W (Trp) I (Ile) C (Cys) V (Val)