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d. Is the protein chain complete? What do you look for to insure the protein is

ID: 217743 • Letter: D

Question

d. Is the protein chain complete? What do you look for to insure the protein is complete? e. If the third nucleotide was mutated in the original DNA strand and replaced T for the A, would that effect the amino acid chain in any way? Explain. f. Refer to your text: There is a term for this type of mutation or base substitution, what is it called? g. List the possible results from a base substitution. h. If the third nucleotide in the original DNA strand was removed, what would the first four amino acids be? (see mutated DNA strand on the previous page to help you)

Explanation / Answer

D. No, the protein is not complete because there are no codons coding for termination genetic code for proteins.

This type of base substituition is called transversion.