Essential Organic Chemistry (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321937711
Author: Paula Yurkanis Bruice
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 21.9, Problem 6P
If methionine is always the first amino acid incorporated into an oligopeptide, what oligopeptide is coded for by the following stretch of mRNA?
5’—G—C—A—U—G—G—A—C—C—C—C—G—U—U—A—U—U—A—A—A—C—A—C—3’
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Chapter 21 Solutions
Essential Organic Chemistry (3rd Edition)
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Ch. 21.9 - List the possible codons on mRNA that specify each...Ch. 21.10 - Adenine can be deaminated to hypoxanthine, and...Ch. 21.10 - Explain why thymine cannot be deaminated.Ch. 21.12 - Which of the following base sequences would most...Ch. 21 - Draw structures for the following: a....Ch. 21 - What nonapeptide is coded for by the following...Ch. 21 - What is the sequence of bases in the template...Ch. 21 - What is the sequence of bases in the sense strand...Ch. 21 - What would be the C-terminal amino acid if the...Ch. 21 - What would be the base sequence of the segment of...Ch. 21 - Propose a mechanism for the following reaction:Ch. 21 - A segment of DNA has 18 base pairs. It has 7...Ch. 21 - Match the codon with the anticodon: Codon: AAA GCA...Ch. 21 - Using the single-letter abbreviations for the...Ch. 21 - Indicate whether each functional group of the five...Ch. 21 - Using the A and D designations in Problem 25,...Ch. 21 - Which of the following pairs of dinucleotides are...Ch. 21 - If an mRNA contained only U and G in random...Ch. 21 - Why is the codon a triplet rather than a doublet...Ch. 21 - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the...Ch. 21 - The amino acid sequences of peptide fragments...Ch. 21 - Which cytosine in the following sense strand of...Ch. 21 - Prob. 33PCh. 21 - Why does DNA not unravel completely before...Ch. 21 - The first amino acid incorporated into a...
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