9: Translation

Translation of mRNA into protein, codons, anticodons, genetic code, ribosomes, tRNA, and peptide synthesis.

Determining Amino Acid Sequence from mRNA Sequence

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Second Letter

U

C

A

G

First
Letter

U

U

U

U

F

U

C

U

S

U

A

U

Y

U

G

U

C

Third
Letter

U

U

C

U

C

C

U

A

C

U

G

C

U

U

A

L

U

C

A

U

A

A

stop

U

G

A

stop

U

U

G

U

C

G

U

A

G

stop

U

G

G

W

C

C

U

U

L

C

C

U

P

C

A

U

H

C

G

U

R

C

U

C

C

C

C

C

A

C

C

G

C

C

U

A

C

C

A

C

A

A

Q

C

G

A

C

U

G

C

C

G

C

A

G

C

G

G

A

A

U

U

I

A

C

U

T

A

A

U

N

A

G

U

S

A

U

C

A

C

C

A

A

C

A

G

C

A

U

A

A

C

A

A

A

A

K

A

G

A

R

A

U

G

M

A

C

G

A

A

G

A

G

G

G

G

U

U

V

G

C

U

A

G

A

U

D

G

G

U

G

G

U

C

G

C

C

G

A

C

G

G

C

G

U

A

G

C

A

G

A

A

E

G

G

A

G

U

G

G

C

G

G

A

G

G

G

G

Using the Genetic Code table above, translate the following 33 nucleotide mRNA sequence into the single-letter peptide code.

5′–

A

U

G

,

G

C

G

,

G

G

G

,

A

U

U

,

U

G

U

,

G

A

U

,

C

G

G

,

A

U

C

,

G

A

G

,

A

G

G

,

U

A

A

–3′

Note:

Your answer will spell a combination of 2 five-letter words (that are also valid Wordle™ answers).
Enter your answer in the blank with no punctuation, only letters.