Because of a Mutation the Codon for a Tetrapeptide: AUGGCAUGGGGGUUGUAG

question 57

Multiple Choice

Because of a mutation the codon for a tetrapeptide: AUGGCAUGGGGGUUGUAG (Ala-Try-Gly-Leu) is changed to AUGGCAUGGGGGUGUAG. What are the consequences for the composition of the tetrapeptide?

• A) Ala-Try-Gly
• B) Ala-Try-Gly-Leu
• C) Ala-Try-Gly-Val
• D) Ala-Try-Gly and an undetermined amino acid, because the codon-anticodon binding does not always follow the Watson-Crick pairing rules, especially if the codon/anticodon triplets don't match

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