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ATG is the methionine codon. How many different amino acid substitutions can be

ID: 203947 • Letter: A

Question

ATG is the methionine codon. How many different amino acid substitutions can be made by one bp mutations of ATG? Genetic Code-Table Second Letter UUU Phe UCU UGC UCA UAA Stop UGA Stop A UAG Stop UGG CAU His CGU CAA IGin CGA Ccu C cuC Leu ccc Pro CAC CGC Arg CCA CCG 1st CTG - Leu GTG - Val TTG-LEUU AAG - Lys ACG - Thr AGG - Arg ATA - lle ATC lle ATT- lle CAG AAU Asn AGU Ser U letter AAA Lys CGG AUU AUA AUG Met ACC GUU GUA GUG A AUC lle ACC Thr AAC AGG Arg AAG GAU Asp GGU GAA Glu Here l show the codons as the coding strand of DNA ratheiOcC 8GG G GuC Val GCC Ala GAC Than RNA GCA GGA GAG

Explanation / Answer

Your answer is correct. It might be possible that due to some mistake the wrong answer was shown. I have gone through the codon table and find the same answer as you have found. There is no way that answer cannot be six.

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