You add polynucleotide phosphorylase to a solution of ATP, GTP, and UTP. How many artificial mRNA 3 nucleotide codons would be p

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Akimi4 [234]

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You add polynucleotide phosphorylase to a solution of ATP, GTP, and UTP. How many artificial mRNA 3 nucleotide codons would be p

ossible?
A) 3
B) 6
C) 9
D) 27
E) 81

Biology

1 answer:

zavuch27 [327] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-03T09:33:21+03:00

Answer:

The correct answer is option D, that is, 27.

Explanation:

27 three-nucleotide codons would be possible when polynucleotide phosphorylase is supplemented to a solution of GTP, ATP, and UTP. As there are three nucleotides available, that is, guanine, adenine, and uracil and each codon comprise three nucleotides, thus, there would be a probability of (3)^3 codons, that is, 27.