Expert: Walter Hintz - 8/3/2006

Question
I think I have it but could you explain what you did for me please?
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Followup To

Question -
What is the antisense DNA sequence that would be found in the template strand for TTC CCA CAT CTT CGA TTC CCA? And what is the protein?

Answer -
 Hi tonya
         DNA TTC CCA CAT CTT CGA TTC CCA
 mRNA TEMPLATE     AAG GGU GUA GAA GCU AAG GGU
 
 Polypeptide      lysine-glycine-valine-glutamic acid-glycine-lysine-glysine


  Note that this is not a protein but a polypeptide chain.  Do you understand what I have done here?  If not let me know

Answer
The DNA strand transcribes an mRNA template  so I made the mRNA strand according to the base pairing rule
  DNA        mRNA
   A          U
   T          A
   G          C
   C          G

Then I referred to a codon table to find out which amino acids were coded for and translated the code.
AAG for example codes for Lysine.
I assume you ahve a codon chart>