Suppose You Want to Construct a Protein That Is 50

question 216

Multiple Choice

Suppose you want to construct a protein that is 50 amino acids long.What is the theoretical number of different proteins you could make?

• A) 10⁵⁰
• B) 20⁵⁰
• C) 20 × 50
• D) 50²⁰
• E) 50 × 50

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