Biology

hi everyone,

i am doing my upgrading before i apply for nursing and i am doing my biology homework and i am stuck on a problem. is there anyone that can help me. the question is.....

how many nucleotide base pairs are found in a segment of dna (gene) that codes for an enzyme protein with 132 amino acids?

any help would be great.

thanks j

katelin

do you remember the term "codon?"

codon= triplet of adjacent nucleotides in the messenger rna chain that codes for a specific amino acid in the synthesis of a protein molecule.

so if you have 132 amino acids and it takes 3 nucleotide base pairs to code for 1 amino acid, then 132x3= 396

Oh duh... thank you, it makes sense now. :-) I appreciate it. :-)

Oh duh... thank you, it makes sense now. :-) I appreciate it. :-)

No problem sweetheart! :wink2: