CHEM 262 ORG CHEM EBOOK DIGITAL DELIVERY
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Chapter 26, Problem 26P
The first amino acid incorporated into a polypeptide chain durings its biosynthesis in prokaryotes is N-formylmethionine. Explain the puepose of the formyl group. (Hint: The ribosome has a binding site for the growing peptide chain and a binding site for the incoming amino acid.)
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CHEM 262 ORG CHEM EBOOK DIGITAL DELIVERY
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Ch. 26.9 - UAA is a stop codon. Why does the UAA sequence in...Ch. 26.9 - Prob. 12PCh. 26.9 - Write the sequences of bases in the sense strand...Ch. 26.9 - List the possible codons on mRNA that speciy each...Ch. 26.10 - Adenine can be deaminated to hypoxanthine, and...Ch. 26.10 - Explain why thymine cannot be deaminated.Ch. 26.12 - Which of the following base sequences is most...Ch. 26 - What nonapeptide is coded for by the following...Ch. 26 - What is the sequence of bases in the template...Ch. 26 - Prob. 20PCh. 26 - A segment of DNA has 18 base pairs. It has 7...Ch. 26 - Name the following:Ch. 26 - Prob. 23PCh. 26 - Propose a mechanism for the following reaction:Ch. 26 - The first amino acid incorporated into a...Ch. 26 - Match the codon with the anticodon:Ch. 26 - a. Using the single-letter abbreviations for the...Ch. 26 - Which of the following pairs of dinucleotides are...Ch. 26 - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the...Ch. 26 - If a mRNA contained only U and G in random...Ch. 26 - Why is the codon a triplet rather than a doublet...Ch. 26 - RNAase, the enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis...Ch. 26 - The amino acid sequences of peptide fragments...Ch. 26 - Which cytosine in the following sense strand of...Ch. 26 - Prob. 36PCh. 26 - Sodium nitrite, a common food preservative (page...Ch. 26 - Why does DNA not unravel completely before...Ch. 26 - Staphylococcus nuclease is an enzyme that...
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