Genetic Code #3 - Standard Amino Acids Mystery Cache
Genetic Code #3 - Standard Amino Acids
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Standard amino acids are the structural units that join together to form peptides (short polymer chains) or proteins (longer chains). These polymers are linear and unbranched, with each amino acid within the chain attached to two neighboring amino acids. The process of making proteins is called translation and involves the step-by-step addition of amino acids to a growing protein chain by a ribosome. The order in which the amino acids are added is read through the genetic code from an mRNA template, which is a RNA copy of one of the organism's genes.
Twenty-two amino acids are naturally incorporated into polypeptides and are called proteinogenic or natural amino acids. Of these, 20 are encoded by the universal genetic code. The remaining 2, selenocysteine and pyrrolysine, are incorporated into proteins by unique synthetic mechanisms. Selenocysteine is incorporated when the mRNA being translated includes a SECIS element, which causes the UGA codon to encode selenocysteine instead of a stop codon. Pyrrolysine is used by some methanogenic archaea in enzymes that they use to produce methane. It is coded for with the codon UAG, which is normally a stop codon in other organisms. This UAG codon is followed by a PYLIS downstream sequence.
For more info see Wikipedia: Amino Acids
Puzzle:
Thr-His-Ile-Arg-Thr-Tyr-Asn-Ile-Asn-Glu.Phe-Ile-Val-Glu-His-Sec-Asn-Asp-Arg-Glu-Asp-Glu-Ile-Gly-His-Thr
Thr-Trp-Glu-Asn-Thr-Tyr-Glu-Ile-Gly-His-Thr.Asn-Ile-Asn-Glu-His-Sec-Asn-Asp-Arg-Glu-Asp-Phe-Ile-Phe-Thr-Tyr-Asn-Ile-Asn-Glu
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