You are studying the process of protein synthesis and the effects of mutations introduced into tRNA genes. You alter the sequences of the anticodon of a tRNA from CAU into GUU. As a consequence of this change, which of the following, regarding the steps of translation, is most likely to occur?

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The anticodon change from CAU to GUU will cause the tRNA to pair with a different codon on the mRNA, leading to the incorporation of a different amino acid at that position, resulting in a substitution of one amino acid in the protein. A change in the anticodon sequences of a tRNA would most likely result in an amino acid substitution. The amino acid normally attached to the CAU-containing tRNA would now be incorporated at the codon (AAC) that the mutated anticodon now recognizes.

You Are Studying the Process of Protein Synthesis and the Effects