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NEET UG BIOLOGY MCQ: MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE

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Using Severo ochoa enzyme homopolymer of U{U} and copolymer of CU{CU} are made consisting of 9 and 12 repeating units respectively. How many types of amino acids, these can polymerise during translation respectively?
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Correct option: C
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Option D (1 and 4) is correct. Homopolymer of U (UUU) codes for only one amino acid (Phenylalanine). Copolymer of CU can produce UUU, UUC, UCU, CUU, UCC, CUC, CCC, and CCU codons. Out of these, only UUU, UUC, UCU, and CUU will code for different amino acids.

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