The region of molecule b that encodes a polypeptide is 24 nucleotides in length. consider another such molecule with a coding re

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The region of molecule b that encodes a polypeptide is 24 nucleotides in length. consider another such molecule with a coding re

gion of 300 nucleotides. what is a reasonable estimate for the length of the corresponding polypeptide that will be produced during protein synthesis?

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vodka [1.7K] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-14T12:36:18+03:00

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<span>Answer:
100 amino acids. Each amino acid corresponds to a codon of 3 nucleotides. Therefore, a coding region of 300 nucleotides contains 100 codons and will produce a polypeptide of 100 amino acids in length.</span>