Biology Gene Expression Word Problem

Question

What is the amino acid sequence that would be produced given the following sequence of RNA nucleotides in a strand of mRNA?:

5’ A C U G G U G C U 3’

Answer 1

The codons of the mRNA reading frame are translated in the 5'→3' direction into amino acids by a ribosome to produce a polypeptide chain. The three amino acids translated from this transcript are: Threonine-Glycine-Alanine. Try the app "genetic code" on your android or apple phone. My students love it.