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A protein consists of 300 amino acids. How many bases will be necessary in the processed...

A protein consists of 300 amino acids. How many bases will be necessary in the processed mRNA, to code for this protein? Assume introns have been extracted from the processed mRNA.

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1 amino acid = 3 bases

300 amino acids = 300 × 3 = 900 bases

If we consider a stop codon too, than after 900 bases, a stop codon must be present to terminate protein synthesis. So, total number of bases will be 903.

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