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Date May 2010 Marks available 1 Reference code 10M.1.HL.TZ2.8
Level Higher level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 2
Command term Determine Question number 8 Adapted from N/A

Question

The table below shows the codons that determine different amino acids in protein translation.

What is the sequence of the amino acids that is being translated from the following mRNA sequence?

5' AUGGGUGCUUAUUGGUAA 3'

A. Met-Pro-Arg-Ile-Thr
B. Met-Cys-Ser-Tyr-Trp
C. Met-Gly-Ala-Tyr-Trp
D. Met-Gly-Tyr-Ala-Thr

Markscheme

C

Examiners report

N/A

Syllabus sections

Core » Topic 2: Molecular biology » 2.7 DNA replication, transcription and translation
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