transcribe and translate DNA to amino acids TAC-TGC-CGG-CCA-ACT

Answer 1

The direction of the DNA strand is important to consider. Let's assume that the sequence you indicated is in the 3'->5' direction.

DNA

3'-TAC-TGC-CGG-CCA-ACT-5'

Remember that RNA is always transcribed (by RNA polymerase) in a 5'->3' direction.

RNA polymerase reads the coding strand of DNA in a 3'->5' direction.

Review the base pairing rules for RNA on your own.

Following these rules, you get below:

mRNA

5'-AUG-ACG-GCC-GGU-UGA-3'

Now, for translation of this mRNA into a polypeptide sequence, each three base suquence gets coded into an amino acid. You don't have to memorize the sequences -- use a chart to assist in converting a three base sequence into an AA. Below is one you can use. Leaving this part to you.

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Answer 2

So first you want to convert to mRNA with G to C, C to G, A to U, and T to A, which would be AUG-ACG-GCC-GGU-UGA. Then these codons would convert into the amino acids Methionine-Threonine-Alanine-Glycine-Stop codon.