Reading Codons

How many nucleotides make up a codon?

• 1

• 3

• 5

• 15

Use your codon chart to find the amino acid that codes for AGU

• Tyr

• Gly

• Arg

• Ser

Given the following sequence of mRNA, what series of amino acids are coded for?
mRNA: CUCAAGUGCUUC

• Leu-Thr-Cys-His

• Ser-Lys-Cys-Phe

• Leu-Lys-Cys-Phe

• Val-Thr-Cys-Arg

DNA: TAC CCG GCT

mRNA = ? ? ?

Amino acids = ? ? ?

• AUC CCG GCA

  MET-PRO-ALA

• ATG GGC CGA

  ILE-PRO-ARG

• AUG GGC CGA

  MET-GLY-ARG

• AUG CCG GCA

  MET-PRO-ALA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What is the complementary DNA strand for the following sequence?
DNA: GATCCTAG

• CTAGGATC

• GATCCTAG

• TAGGCTAC

• CUAGGAUC