Question

1.)  Part of the amino acid sequence of the A chain of insulin is "glutamine-cysteine-cysteine-alanine". Which of the following DNA strands could encode this peptide?

A. 5'-CCCCCGCAGAAG-3'

B. 5'-GGCATCGTGGAG-3'

C. 5'-CTGCCCCGACAC-3'

D. 5'-CAGTGCTGTGCC-3'

E. 5'-GTCACGACACGG-3'

Explain how you determined the answer.

2.) Arrange the following genetic terms in order of complexity from largest to smallest.

1. chromosome

2. nucleotide

3. genome

4. double helix

3.) Using the following template strand of DNA, what would be the translation? 5’ TACCGTACT 3’

4.)  Using the following coding strand of DNA, what would be the translation? 5’ ACGTATGCT 3’

Answer 1

1) D- B5'-CAGTGCTGTGCC-3'

2)GENOME-CHROMOSOME- DOUBLE HELIX - NUCLEOTIDE

3)ser-thr-val

4)thr-tyr-ala

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