ND STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY LOOSELEAF GENETICS: FROM GENES TO GENOMES
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781260406092
Author: HARTWELL, Leland, HOOD, Leroy, Goldberg, Michael
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education/stony Brook University
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Chapter 15, Problem 5P
The human mitochondrial genome includes no genes for tRNA synthetases.
| a. | How are mitochondrial tRNAs charged with amino acids? |
| b. | Given your answer to part (a), explain how AUA can specify Met in mitochondria but Ile in the nucleus. |
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