UNIVERSITY OF THE CORDILLERAS

GOV. PACK ROAD, BAGUIO CITY

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY

ASSIGNMENT # 9 EXERCISE OF THE CENTRAL DOGMA

NAME: __________DUCLAN,KYLE JAMES B._________ DATE: ___11/10/2022____________

SCHEDULE: ____________2:00-4:00______________

INSTRUCTION: APPLY THE CONCEPTS OF THE REPLICATION, TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION

1. Oxytoxin is a hormone that stimulates the uterus to contract during childbirth. The following is a DNA
sequence that code for a part of its molecule.

DNA strand: TAC ATA TAG CTT ACG GGG AAC CCC TTT ACT

a. If the strand of DNA is replicated the complementary strand is….

Answer: GAT TAC GGG GCG

b. What mRNA would be transcribed by the original DNA strand?

Answer: CTA ATG CCC TAT CGC

c. What tRNA would be synthesized by the mRNA segment?

Answer: CUA AUG CCC UAU CGC

d. The protein synthesized after translation will have an amino sequence of…

Answer: GUA AUC GGG UAU GCG

2. List the base sequence in the segment of DNA involved in the following amino acid sequence: leucine –
phenylalaline – glutamine – valine – lysine - aspartic acid - alanine. Use the first codon of each amino acid given.

Answer:
AUG CUU UUC CAA GUA AAG GAC GCG UGA