Amino Acid Codons for this Amino Acids Alanine GCA, GCC, GCG, GCU Arginine AGA, AGG, CGA, CGC, CGG, CGU Asparagine AAC, AAU Aspartic Acid GAC, GAU Cysteine UGC, UGU Glutamic Acid GAA, GAG Glutamine CAA, CAG Glycine GGA, GGC, GGG, GGU Histidine CAC, CAU Isoleucine AUA, AUC, AUU Leucine UUA, UUG, CUA, CUC, CUG, CUU Lysine AAA, AAG Methionine - Start AUG Phenylalanine UUC, UUU Proline CCA, CCC, CCG, CCU Serine AGC, AGU, UCA, UCC, UCG, UCU Threonine ACA, ACC, ACG, ACU Tryptophan UGG Tyrosine UAC, UAU Valine GUA, GUC, GUG, GUU Stop Codons UAA, UAG, UGA 4. To determine what traits are present in your mystery organism, refer to the table below. Use the amino acid sequences from your data table to determine what characteristic is being called for. AMINO ACID SEQUENCE TRAIT Alanine Histidine Lysine Walks on four legs – – Proline Serine Phenylalanine Glycine Freckles – – – Tryptophan Proline Isoleucine Walks upright on two legs – – Serine Tryptophan Lysine Small purple ears – – Cysteine Alanine Blue hair, very hairy – Arginine Histidine Threonine Yellow eyes – – Histidine Valine Very little red hair – Alanine Glycine Proline Serine No Freckles – – – Serine Lysine Short orange nose – Lysine Leucine Long red nose – Tyrosine Isoleucine Aspartic Acid Blue eyes – – Proline Alanine Alanine Green elephant ears – – Copyright © Science Stuff
Amino Acid Codons for this Amino Acids Alanine GCA, GCC, GCG, GCU Arginine AGA, AGG, CGA, CGC, CGG, CGU Asparagine AAC, AAU Aspartic Acid GAC, GAU Cysteine UGC, UGU Glutamic Acid GAA, GAG Glutamine CAA, CAG Glycine GGA, GGC, GGG, GGU Histidine CAC, CAU Isoleucine AUA, AUC, AUU Leucine UUA, UUG, CUA, CUC, CUG, CUU Lysine AAA, AAG Methionine - Start AUG Phenylalanine UUC, UUU Proline CCA, CCC, CCG, CCU Serine AGC, AGU, UCA, UCC, UCG, UCU Threonine ACA, ACC, ACG, ACU Tryptophan UGG Tyrosine UAC, UAU Valine GUA, GUC, GUG, GUU Stop Codons UAA, UAG, UGA 4. To determine what traits are present in your mystery organism, refer to the table below. Use the amino acid sequences from your data table to determine what characteristic is being called for. AMINO ACID SEQUENCE TRAIT Alanine – Histidine – Lysine Walks on four legs Proline – Serine – Phenylalanine – Glycine Freckles Tryptophan – Proline – Isoleucine Walks upright on two legs Serine – Tryptophan – Lysine Small purple ears Cysteine – Alanine Blue hair, very hairy Arginine – Histidine – Threonine Yellow eyes Histidine – Valine Very little red hair Alanine – Glycine – Proline – Serine No Freckles Serine – Lysine Short orange nose Lysine – Leucine Long red nose Tyrosine – Isoleucine – Aspartic Acid Blue eyes Proline – Alanine – Alanine Green elephant ears Copyright © Science Stuff