Coding strand with bases before the start codon and a stop codon

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Rows of base boxes for a 24-base DNA coding strand 5′ GCCA ATG GTT CAC TGG AAA TAA GC 3′, its template strand, the mRNA, the tRNA anticodons and the amino acids, with brackets under each codon of the mRNA from AUG to the stop codon UAA: Met, Val, His, Trp and Lys as a chain of beads, then Stop, and no amino acids under the four bases before AUG or the two after UAA — A DNA coding strand with four bases before the start codon. Translation starts at the first AUG in the mRNA, so the bases before it get no codons or amino acids, and a bracket marks each codon read after it. It ends at the stop codon UAA, which codes for no amino acid and has no tRNA, so the chain is Met, Val, His, Trp and Lys, and the last two bases are not read.

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Answer key

DNA coding strand: 5′-GCCA ATG GTT CAC TGG AAA TAA GC-3′
DNA template strand: 3′-CGGT TAC CAA GTG ACC TTT ATT CG-5′
mRNA: 5′-GCCA AUG GUU CAC UGG AAA UAA GC-3′
tRNA anticodons: UAC CAA GUG ACC UUU
Amino acids: Met–Val–His–Trp–Lys, then Stop

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