The Genetic Code

• Arrange the following codons to match the correct reading frame: $AUG - GCA - UGC - GAU$


  1️⃣ $AUG$

  2️⃣ $GCA$

  3️⃣ $UGC$

  4️⃣ $GAU$
• Match each codon with its corresponding amino acid:

  $AUG$ ↔️ Methionine (Met)

  $GCA$ ↔️ Alanine (Ala)

  $UCC$ ↔️ Serine (Ser)

  $GAA$ ↔️ Glutamic Acid (Glu)
• Arrange the following steps to describe how the genetic code was deciphered: Synthetic mRNA experiment ||| Ribosome binding assay ||| Identification of amino acid correspondences ||| Validation of the codon table

  1️⃣ Synthetic mRNA experiment

  2️⃣ Ribosome binding assay

  3️⃣ Identification of amino acid correspondences

  4️⃣ Validation of the codon table
• Match the start and stop codons with their function:

  $AUG$ ↔️ Initiates protein synthesis

  $UAA$, $UAG$, $UGA$ ↔️ Terminates protein synthesis