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which of the following pair is correctly matched with regard to the codon and the amino acid codded with? UUA – valine AAA – lysine AUG – cysteine CCC – alanine

which of the following pair is correctly matched with regard to the codon and the amino acid codded with?
  1. UUA – valine
  2. AAA – lysine
  3. AUG – cysteine
  4. CCC – alanine

Grade:12th pass

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Apoorva Arora IIT Roorkee
askIITians Faculty 181 Points
9 years ago
The correctly matched pair is of the codon AAA which actually codes for lysine.
Lysine(abbreviated asLysorK)is an α-amino acidwith thechemical formulaHO2CCH(NH2)(CH2)4NH2. It is anessential amino acidfor humans. Lysine'scodonsare AAA and AAG.

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