A piece of RNA has the following base sequence. AUGCGCGUCCAGUAA
What is the amino acid sequence in the polypeptide chain?
A)Ile-Arg-Val-Gln-Leu
B)Arg-Val-Gln
C)Gln-Val-Arg
D)Ile-Arg-Val-Gln
E)Arg-Val-Gln-Leu

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The RNA sequence AUGCGCGUCCAGUAA translates to the amino acids Methionine (start codon), Arginine, Valine, Glutamine, and then a stop codon (UAA), which ends the translation. The sequence Arg-Val-Gln matches the amino acids coded by CGC, GUC, and CAG respectively.

A Piece of RNA Has the Following Base Sequence