{"id":166941,"date":"2024-11-14T16:32:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T16:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=166941"},"modified":"2024-11-14T16:32:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T16:32:48","slug":"translation-of-the-dna-sequence-aagctggga-would-result-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/14\/translation-of-the-dna-sequence-aagctggga-would-result-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Translation of the DNA sequence AAGCTGGGA would result in"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Translation of the DNA sequence AAGCTGGGA would result in<br>A) an mRNA strand with the sequence TTCGACCCT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B) an mRNA strand with the sequence UUGCACCCU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C) a DNA strand with the base sequence TTCGACCCT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D) a sequence of three amino acids linked by peptide bonds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer is <strong>A) an mRNA strand with the sequence TTCGACCCT.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To understand the correct translation of the DNA sequence <strong>AAGCTGGGA<\/strong>, we need to follow these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Transcription<\/strong>: In cells, DNA is first transcribed into mRNA. The transcription process involves creating a complementary RNA strand from a DNA template. RNA uses uracil (U) instead of thymine (T), so wherever a thymine (T) appears in the DNA, it will be replaced by uracil (U) in the mRNA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Base pairing<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The DNA bases pair with their complementary RNA counterparts during transcription:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A (adenine) pairs with U (uracil) in RNA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>T (thymine) pairs with A (adenine) in RNA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>C (cytosine) pairs with G (guanine) in RNA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>G (guanine) pairs with C (cytosine) in RNA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Transcribing the sequence<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Given the DNA sequence <strong>AAGCTGGGA<\/strong>, let&#8217;s transcribe it into mRNA:<ul><li>A \u2192 U<\/li><li>A \u2192 U<\/li><li>G \u2192 C<\/li><li>C \u2192 G<\/li><li>T \u2192 A<\/li><li>G \u2192 C<\/li><li>G \u2192 C<\/li><li>G \u2192 C<\/li><li>A \u2192 U<\/li><\/ul>So, the complementary mRNA sequence is <strong>UUC GAC CCT<\/strong>. This corresponds to <strong>TTCGACCCT<\/strong> in the problem&#8217;s answer choices, where the mRNA strand would be <strong>TTCGACCCT<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Reviewing other choices<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>B) UUGCACCCU<\/strong>: This does not match the complementary mRNA sequence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>C) A DNA strand with the base sequence TTCGACCCT<\/strong>: This is incorrect because it is not an RNA sequence, but rather a DNA sequence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>D) A sequence of three amino acids linked by peptide bonds<\/strong>: This is not correct because we are dealing with transcription of DNA to mRNA, not protein synthesis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>In conclusion, the correct transcription of the DNA sequence <strong>AAGCTGGGA<\/strong> to mRNA results in the sequence <strong>TTCGACCCT<\/strong>, which corresponds to answer <strong>A)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Translation of the DNA sequence AAGCTGGGA would result inA) an mRNA strand with the sequence TTCGACCCT. B) an mRNA strand with the sequence UUGCACCCU. C) a DNA strand with the base sequence TTCGACCCT. D) a sequence of three amino acids linked by peptide bonds. The Correct Answer and Explanation is: The correct answer is A) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}