BISC 2539 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Lysine, Methionine, Alternative Splicing

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9. 2 the genetic code: genes (dna) code for proteins. If the code were overlapping, a single base change will alter as many as 3 aa at adjacent positions in the protein. Number of letters in the codon: codons are 3 bases long, each triplet codes for one aa, multiple codons code for the same amino acid. Degeneracy of the genetic code: the genetic code is degenerate aka each of the 64 triplets must have some meaning within the code some amino acids are specified by at least 2+ triplets. If the other 44 triplets meant nothing, then frameshift mutations would create these nonsense codons and stop protein building process. 9. 3 trna: the adapter: aa are attached to an adapter, trna, that brings them to the ribosome to form a polypeptide. 3: the attachment of the correct aa to trna is critical if the wrong aa is attached, it can"t be prevented from being added to the growing chain.

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