Translation

AP Biology· difficulty 3/5

A U G G C A U A A start Ala stop

The mRNA shown encodes a protein with how many amino acids?

  • A

    1 (Met only)

  • B

    9 (full mRNA)

  • C

    2 (Met-Ala)

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  • 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.

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