You perform a translation experiment with MRNA and all required molecules in two identical test tubes. You add limiting amounts of the antibiotic puromycin to test tube 2 only. Puromycin is a molecule that has structural similarities to the 3' end of a charged TRNA. It can enter the ribosome and be incorporated into the growing protein. When puromycin is incorporated into the polypeptide, it stalls the ribosome and the polypeptide is released. You do not know if puromycin recognizes a specific codon or not. You examine the length of the polypeptide produced in both test tubes. Which of the following would you find in test tube 2 (has limiting amounts of puromycin) if puromycin recognizes a specific codon that occurs three times within the coding region of the mRNA. Only a single type of polypeptide Polypeptides of all sizes, i.e., dipeptides, tripeptides...a polypeptide 90 amino acids long Only 4 types of polypeptides that are each of different lengths Only 2 types of polypeptides that are each of different lengths

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You perform a translation experiment with MRNA and all required molecules in two
identical test tubes. You add limiting amounts of the antibiotic puromycin to test
tube 2 only.
Puromycin is a molecule that has structural similarities to the 3' end of a charged
TRNA. It can enter the ribosome and be incorporated into the growing protein. When
puromycin is incorporated into the polypeptide, it stalls the ribosome and the
polypeptide is released.
You do not know if puromycin recognizes a specific codon or not.
You examine the length of the polypeptide produced in both test tubes.
Which of the following would you find in test tube 2 (has limiting amounts of
puromycin) if puromycin recognizes a specific codon that occurs three times within
the coding region of the mRNA.
Only a single type of polypeptide
Polypeptides of all sizes, i.e., dipeptides, tripeptides...a polypeptide 90 amino
acids long
Only 4 types of polypeptides that are each of different lengths
Only 2 types of polypeptides that are each of different lengths
Transcribed Image Text:You perform a translation experiment with MRNA and all required molecules in two identical test tubes. You add limiting amounts of the antibiotic puromycin to test tube 2 only. Puromycin is a molecule that has structural similarities to the 3' end of a charged TRNA. It can enter the ribosome and be incorporated into the growing protein. When puromycin is incorporated into the polypeptide, it stalls the ribosome and the polypeptide is released. You do not know if puromycin recognizes a specific codon or not. You examine the length of the polypeptide produced in both test tubes. Which of the following would you find in test tube 2 (has limiting amounts of puromycin) if puromycin recognizes a specific codon that occurs three times within the coding region of the mRNA. Only a single type of polypeptide Polypeptides of all sizes, i.e., dipeptides, tripeptides...a polypeptide 90 amino acids long Only 4 types of polypeptides that are each of different lengths Only 2 types of polypeptides that are each of different lengths
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