A portion of alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme contains 375 amino acids. Including both amino acid and all other necessary codes, how long is the coding portion of the corresponding mRNA?
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One codon is composed of three amino acids, so the coding region would be 375 divided by 3. Your welcome:)
I'm sorry, MULTIPLIED by 3
Sorry, one codon is composed of three nucleotides that code for one amino acid. Therefore, a protein of 375 amino acids would have a coding region on the mRNA strand with 375*3 nucleotides.