A bacterial gene 900 nucleotides long can code at most for a polypeptide of how many amino acids?

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Amber Mejia

4 July, 07:39

A bacterial gene 900 nucleotides long can code at most for a polypeptide of how many amino acids?

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Max Mendoza · Answer 1

300 amino acids. Since an amino acid can only be coded by a codon, and a codon is comprised of three nucleotide bases, then 900/3 will give us the number of amino acid in a polypeptide that can be coded by the gene.