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Identify the best translation start site in the mRNA below: 5’ AUGGCUUAUGCUCGTCCGCCAUGGCUUUAAGUACGGUAAAUGCUACA 3’

Identify the best translation start site in the mRNA below:

5’ AUGGCUUAUGCUCGTCCGCCAUGGCUUUAAGUACGGUAAAUGCUACA 3’

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Usually the start site in mRNA (messenger RNA) is the first codon. The start codon always encode for methionine in Eukaryotes and Archaea except in bacteria where there is modified methionine (fMet). Most common start site is AUG.

So the first three sequence starting from 5’ AUG..... is the best translation start site in the given sequence here

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