The mRNA shown encodes a protein with how many amino acids?
- A
1 (Met only)
- B
9 (full mRNA)
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2 (Met-Ala)
- D
3 (Met-Ala-X)
Explanation
AUG (Met-start) + GCA (Ala) + UAA (stop). Two amino acids in the protein (Met-Ala) before the stop codon.