This is an example of a mixed copolymer experiment which was done before the act

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This is an example of a mixed copolymer experiment which was done before the actual coding dictionary was formed. Your results for this question will not be the exact triplet codon known today, but will represent a combination (unknown order) of the nucleotides given for this question.

In a mixed copolymer experiment, messages were created with a 4U:1G mixture. These messages yielded a protein with the amino acid composition shown in the following table. Using these data, predict the most specific coding composition for each amino acid.(3 pts)

(Hint: Compute the frequency of the U’s and G’s of each amino acid.)

4U;1G Phenylalanine 51% Valine 16% Leucine 13% Cysteine 13% Glycine 4% Tryptophan 3% 100%

Explanation / Answer

Phenylalanine - UUU

Valine - GUU

Leucine UUG

Cysteine - UGU

Glycine - GGU

Tryptophan - UGG

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