Chapter 15.2, Problem 23AQP

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The amino acid sequence that will be encoded by the given base sequence of bacterial DNA.

Introduction:

Bacterial DNA is contained within the bacterial chromosome along with several RNA and protein molecules that creates an uneven structure called nucleoid. The non-template strand usually does not transcribe, so it is not used in the transcription process. A template strand is always used for the transcription of DNA strand into mRNA. Amino acids are encoded by different codons and each codon consists of three nucleotides.