A tRNA molecule produced in a laboratory has the anticodon for the amino acid serine, but carries the amino acid lysine. When it reaches the serine codon on a molecule of mRNA where translation is underway what is the most likely outcome?
A) It won't bind with the codon on the mRNA molecule.
B) A potentially dysfunctional protein will result.
C) A proofreading enzyme will change lysine to serine.
D) Translation will stop.
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