To determine the amino acids coded by the given mRNA strand, we need to follow these steps:
1. Breakdown the mRNA strand into codons: Each codon is a sequence of three nucleotides.
2. Translation of each codon to their corresponding amino acids using the provided codon table.
Given mRNA strand: GGCUACGGGCAUCAC
Step 1: Break down the mRNA strand into codons
Divide the mRNA strand into groups of three nucleotides (codons):
[tex]\[
\text{GGCUACGGGCAUCAC} \rightarrow \text{[GGC, UAC, GGG, CAU, CAC]}
\][/tex]
Step 2: Translate each codon to its corresponding amino acid using the codon table
Using the given table:
[tex]\[
\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|}
\hline Amino acids & Glycine & Histidine & Tyrosine \\
\hline \multirow[t]{4}{*}{ Codons } & GGU & CAU & UAU \\
\hline & GGC & CAC & UAC \\
\hline & GGA & & \\
\hline & GGG & & \\
\hline
\end{array}
\][/tex]
The codons map to their respective amino acids as follows:
- GGC: Glycine
- UAC: Tyrosine
- GGG: Glycine
- CAU: Histidine
- CAC: Histidine
Now, listing the amino acids based on the codons:
[tex]\['GGC', 'UAC', 'GGG', 'CAU', 'CAC'\][/tex]
Translates to:
[tex]\['Glycine', 'Tyrosine', 'Glycine', 'Histidine', 'Histidine'\][/tex]
So, the sequence of amino acids is: Glycine-Tyrosine-Glycine-Histidine-Histidine
Therefore, the correct answer is:
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D. Glycine-tyrosine-glycine-histidine-histidine
