Under conditions in which methionine must be the first amino acid, what protein would be coded for by the following mRNA? 5'-CCUCAUAUGCGCCAUUAUAAGUGACACACA-3'

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The mRNA is read 5' → 3', and AUG is the start codon. In this case, the ribosome runs into the stop codon UGA after polymerizing only 5 amino acids.This is an extremely atypical example, inasmuch as most polypeptides are more than 100 amino acids long.

Under Conditions in Which Methionine Must Be the First Amino