A protein had the amino acids leu-gly at codons 10 and 11. A deletion of the 5’ base of the leu codon (i.e. the first base) changed the protein so that it now reads ser-ala at codons 10 and 11. The original Leu codon must have been: (hint: make use of a codon table to answer this question) CUG AUG CUA CUC CUU
Gene Interactions
When the expression of a single trait is influenced by two or more different non-allelic genes, it is termed as genetic interaction. According to Mendel's law of inheritance, each gene functions in its own way and does not depend on the function of another gene, i.e., a single gene controls each of seven characteristics considered, but the complex contribution of many different genes determine many traits of an organism.
Gene Expression
Gene expression is a process by which the instructions present in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are converted into useful molecules such as proteins, and functional messenger ribonucleic (mRNA) molecules in the case of non-protein-coding genes.
A protein had the amino acids leu-gly at codons 10 and 11. A deletion of the 5’ base of the leu codon (i.e. the first base) changed the protein so that it now reads ser-ala at codons 10 and 11. The original Leu codon must have been:
(hint: make use of a codon table to answer this question)
| CUG |
| AUG |
| CUA |
| CUC |
| CUU |
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