Learning Targets“I Can . . .”
-State how many nucleotides make up a codon.
-Use a codon chart to find the corresponding amino acid.
RNA Protein (Translation)
1. TACGGCAAACTTACT
DNA
mRNA
Protein
RNA Protein (Translation)
2. TACGCCATT
DNA
mRNA
Protein
RNA Protein (Translation)
3. TACAAAAAGTGGATC
DNA
mRNA
Protein
alanine - ala - A (gif, interactive) arginine - arg - R (gif, interactive)
asparagine - asn - N (gif, interactive) aspartic acid - asp - D (gif, interactive)
cysteine - cys - C (gif, interactive) glutamine - gln - Q (gif, interactive)
glutamic acid - glu - E (gif, interactive) glycine - gly - G (gif, interactive) histidine - his - H (gif, interactive) isoleucine - ile - I (gif, interactive) leucine - leu - L (gif, interactive) lysine - lys - K (gif, interactive)
methionine - met - M (gif, interactive) phenylalanine - phe - F (gif, interactive)
proline - pro - P (gif, interactive) serine - ser - S (gif, interactive)
threonine - thr - T (gif, interactive) tryptophan - trp - W (gif, interactive)
tyrosine - tyr - Y (gif, interactive) valine - val - V (gif, interactive)
References
• http://www.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/education/AminoAcid/the_twenty.html
• http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/
• http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=transciption