You are a molecular biologist and wish to change the proteins that cells make. Which of the following should you do? You are a molecular biologist and wish to change the proteins that cells make. Which of the following should you do? Create a new amino acid. Add a new protein to a cell. Remove a protein from a cell. Change the sequence of the nucleotides.

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You are a molecular biologist and wish to change the proteins that cells make. Which of the following should you do? You are a molecular biologist and wish to change the proteins that cells make. Which of the following should you do? Create a new amino acid. Add a new protein to a cell. Remove a protein from a cell. Change the sequence of the nucleotides.

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Malcolm Stephens · Answer 1

Change the sequence of the nucleotides.

Explanation:

The genetic information is specified by the order of four bases (A, C, G y T) which constitute the molecule of DNA. Proteins are polymers of 20 amino acids, and their sequence determines their structure and function.

The information in a nucleotide sequence is transferred to the sequence of 20 different amino acids using a coding system, called the genetic code, with sets of three nucleotides (codons) specifying the amino acids.

If there is a mutation in a base pair of the coding region, that is, nucleotides are different, or they are in the wrong order, it may result in a polypeptide finished prematurely or in a polypeptide with a wrong amino acid sequence.