How might you alter a tRNA so that it inserts an alanine into a polypeptide for which a lysine is coded?
A)Alter the anticodon in lysine tRNA.
B)Alter the anticodon in alanine tRNA.
C)Alter the amino acid attachment site in lysine tRNA.
D)Alter the amino acid attachment site in alanine tRNA.

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Alter the anticodon in alanine tRNA would allow it to recognize the codon for lysine, resulting in the insertion of alanine instead of lysine into the polypeptide.

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