Question #290762

A protein is made up 66 amino acid



How many RNA nucleotide are involved in the formation of this protein

Expert's answer

There is three  minimum number of nucleotides per codon needed to encode 20 amino acids.

If now a protein has 66 Amino acids, then the number of RNA nucleotides is given mathematically below:

3 nucleotides=20Amino acids3\ nucleotides = 20 Amino \ acids

?=66amino acids?=66 amino\ acids

66×3=19866\times 3=198

198÷20=9.9 RNA nucleotides198\div20=9.9\ RNA \ nucleotides are involved in the formation of this protein



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