Question

Identify the start and stop codons in the mrna sequence 5'-uauccauggcacuuuaaac-3'. what is the resulting amino acid sequence

Answer 1

mRNA is read 5->3
Start codons can vary depending on the cell/organism type although more generally for mRNA it is always: AUG which is always Methionine

Stop codons for mRNA are:
UAG ("amber") , UAA ("ochre"), UGA ("opal")


5'-uaucc.aug.gca.cuu.uaa.ac-3'

M-A-L
Methionine-Alanine-Leucine