Table 82
Codons in MRNA Molecule and Their Corresponding Amino Acids

Table 8.2
Codons in mRNA molecule and their corresponding amino acids
$$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { UUU } & \text { Phenylalanine } & \text { UAU } & \text { tyrosine } \\\hline \text { UUA } & \text { leucine } & \text { UAA } & \text { nonsense } \\\hline \text { GCA } & \text { alanine } & \text { AAU } & \text { asparagine } \\\hline \text { AAG } & \text { lysine } & \text { UGC } & \text { cysteine } \\\hline \text { GUU } & \text { valine } & \text { UCG, UCU } & \text { serine } \\\hline\end{array}$$




-Refer to Table 8.2.If the sequence of amino acids encoded by a strand of DNA is serine-alanine-lysine-leucine,what is the order of bases in the sense strand of DNA?

A) 3' UGUGCAAAGUUA 5'
B) 3' AGACGTTTCAAT 5'
C) 3' TCTCGTTTGTTA 5'
D) 5' TGTGCTTTCTTA 3'
E) 5' AGAGCTTTGAAT 3'