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If a tRNA molecule has an anticodon which reads CAG, what was the codon on the mRNA molecule? 1) AUG 2) GTC 3) UAG 4) GUC

If a tRNA molecule has an anticodon which reads CAG, what was the codon on the mRNA molecule? 1) AUG 2) GTC 3) UAG 4) GUC
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If a tRNA molecule has an anticodon which reads CAG, what was the codon on the mRNA molecule?

1) AUG
2) GTC
3) UAG
4) GUC

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The answer is 4)GUC
Remember that the base pairs for RNA are:
Adenine-Uracel and Cytosine-Guanine

The base sequence for tRNA will be the complement of the mRNA sequence:
tRNA mRNA
C G
A U
G C
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User Mtall
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The code on the mRNA molecule would have been GUC.
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