Question

Use the codon chart to convert this sequence into an amino acid:
UCU-CGA-GCC-GUU-GGG-UGA

Answer 1

DO you know how to convert at all? so you have a rna strand since you are going to get a protein. Do you know what these translates to?

Answer 2

no i did learn this kind just the DNA. is it translation

Answer 3

Also, since you didn't post a codon chart, I will post my own I found online

http://jacksonstrickland.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/8/13584186/4324322.jpg?437

Answer 4

yah i was using another one

Answer 5

Look at the chart.

Now, since you have your RNA strand we are good to go.

1) 3 amino acids will make up a protein. So the first segement of this RNA strand is, "UCU"

We need to translate this to a protein, we do this by looking at the chart.

\\Notice how the chart has "U C A G" on the left hand side, " U C A G" on the top" and then finally on the right hand side you see "U C A G" 4 times going down.

Answer 6

how will i be able to convert it? thats the part where i am confused. how do i read the chart

Answer 7

//Once you see that now look ato your amino acid again, "UCU" from the RNA strand that you provided us (The first 3 letters you posted in your question).

The first letter is U, out of the "UCU" example. For the first letter you will need to use the left hand side of the table, "U C A G" as we mentioned earlier. Since you have "U", go in the row "U" of the "U C A G" table.

Answer 8

//2nd letter of "UCU" ------ "C"

Find "C" at the top of the table that reads "U C A G" and match it up with the box described in this previous post, it should line you up to a certain area.

Answer 9

//3rd Letter of "UCU" ----"U"

Same process, this time there is "U C A G" listed 4 times in separate boxes, Find "U" from lining up the boxes from the 2 previous letters.