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Table 1. The Genetic Code for All 20 Amino Acids Second base UUUT Phe UCU UGU1 C

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Question

Table 1. The Genetic Code for All 20 Amino Acids Second base UUUT Phe UCU UGU1 Cys UUC] (phenylalanine) UCCe (cysteine)C UAC] (tyrosine) UGC ( UAG Stop CAU1 His UUA1 Leu UUG (leucine) CUU UCA (serine) UAA Stop UC UGA Stop UGG Trp (tryptophan)G CG CCU CCC Pro CCA (proline) CAA 1 Gin CCG o C. CUC Leu CAC] (histidine) CGC Arg CUA (leucine) CU AUU CAGJ (olutamine) CGG AAU 1 As AAC (asparagine) AGC] (serine) CGA (arginine) AGU] Ser AGA1 Arg ACU -U isoleucine) ACC Thr ACA (threonine) AAA] Lys AUA AGinACC GU (arginine)G AAGJ (lysine) AGG ( GAU1 Asp GAC (aspartate) GGC G GCU GCC Ala GCA (alanine) GAA1 Glu GC G. GUC Val GGA (glycine) GUA (valine) GU GAGJ (glutamate) GG Hayden-McNeil, LI.C A three-letter abbreviation is commonly used for the names of amino acids. Using Table 1 above, write the abbreviation of each amino acid represented by the mRNA codons in Table 2. Table 2. Using the Genetic Code Amino Acid mRNA Codon AUG CUU AAG GGU CGU CAU UCG

Explanation / Answer

The following are the 3-letter abbreviations for amino acids:

Amino acid

3-letter abbreviation

Val

Answer:

AUG - Met

CUU - Leu

AAG - Lys

GGU - Gly

CGU - Arg

CAU - His

UCG - Ser

GGG - Gly

The following are the 3-letter abbreviations for amino acids:

Amino acid

3-letter abbreviation

Alanine Ala Arginine Arg Asparagine Asn Aspartic acid Asp Cysteine Cys Glutamic acid Glu Glutamine Gln Glycine Gly Histidine His Isoleucine Ile Leucine Leu Lysine Lys Methionine Met Phenylalanine Phe Proline Pro Serine Ser Threonine Thr Tryptophan Trp Tyrosine Tyr Valine

Val