The one aspect which is not a salient feature of genetic code, is its being
(1) degenerate
(2) ambiguous
(3) universal
(4) specific
What is not true for genetic code?
1. A codon in mRNA is read in a non-contiguous fashion
2. It is nearly universal
3. It is degenerate
4. It is unambiguous
Which of the following is nonsense codon?
(1) UAG
(2) UAA
(3) UGA
(4) all the above
During portein synthesis in an organism at one point the process comes to a halt. Select the group of the three codons from the following, from which any one of the three colud bring about this halt.
(1) UUU, UCC, UAU
(2) UUC, UUA, UAC
(3) UAG, UGA, UAA
(4) UUG, UCA, UCG
What would happen, if in a gene encoding a polypeptide of 50 amino acids, 25th codon (UAU) is mutated to UAA?
(1) A polypeptide of 49 amino acids will be formed
(2) A polypeptide of 25 amino acids will be formed
(3) A polypeptide of 24 amino acids will be formed
(4) Two polypeptides of 24 and 25 amino acids will be formed
AUG codes for
(1) valine
(2) histidine
(3) phenylalanine
(4) methionine
How many statements are correct?
a. Codons are always triplet.
b. There are total 64 codons code for amino acids.
c. Codon is read in mRNA in non- contagious fashion.
d. Code is nearly universal.
e. Some amino acids are coded by more than one codon
f. Codon is ambiguous
(1) 5
(2) 2
(3) 3
(4) 4
Codon is
(1)unambiguous and non specific
(2)non degenerate
(3)unambiguous and degenerate
(4)non universal and non degenerate
The fact that the genetic code is almost universal in living organisms is considered to be evidence that all organisms:
(1) Are evolutionarily related
(2) Are genetically identical
(3) Have the same sequence of anticodons
(4) None of the above
The prediction of sequence of amino acid is _____A ____ if the sequence of nucleotides mRNA is known. The prediction of sequence of nucleotide is concerned mRNA is ____B____ because the genetic code is _____C_____:
(1) A - possible, B - impossible, C - universal
(2) A - possible, B - impossible, C - degenerate
(3) A - impossible, B - possible, C - universal
(4) A - impossible, B - possible, C - degenerate