04-23-2024
Spring MOL 214 – Introduction to Molecular Biology
Class 1
1. The below sequence codes for 2 polypeptides present in human insulin. Decode the
amino acid sequence:
ATG-GCC-CTG-TGG-GCG-TGT-GAA-GCG-GCG-ACC-AAG-CTG-TCC-CTGGCC-CTG-GGC-CTC-CTA-GCC-TCC-GGC-GCA-GCG-GTG-GCG-TGC-GCCTCC-ACC-GGC-GCG-GTG-CTG-GGC-GCG-GCG-ATG-GCG-CTG-TGG-GCGTGT-GAA-GCG-GCG-ACC-AAG-CTG-TCC-CTG-GCC-CTG-GGC-CTC-CTAGCC-TCC-GGC-GCA-GCG-GTG-GCG-TGC-GCC-TCC-ACC-GGC-GCG-GTGUAA
2. What could a mutation in several codons in this sequence lead to?