Question

which of the following is a possible codon for the amino acid tyrosine?○ gga○ ucg○ augfirst lettersecond letterucaguphenylalaninephenylalanineleucineleucineleucineleucineleucineleucinecserineserineserineserineprolineprolineprolineprolineatyrosinetyrosine(stop)(stop)histidinehistidineglutamineglutaminegcysteinecysteine(stop)tryptophanargininearginineargininearginineculeucineleucineleucineleucineprolineprolineprolineprolinehistidinehistidineglutamineglutamineargininearginineargininearginineauisoleucineisoleucineisoleucinemethionine (start)threoninethreoninethreoninethreonineasparagineasparaginelysinelysineserineserineargininearginineguvalinevalinevalinevalinealaninealaninealaninealanineaspartateaspartateglutamateglutamateglycineglycineglycineglycine3rd letter

Explanation:

Locate Tyrosine on the codon table: it corresponds to codons UAU and UAC. Match these to the given options: UAC is one of the choices, while CGA codes for Arginine, UCG codes for Serine, and AUG codes for Methionine (START).

Answer:

UAC