Answer to Question #290762 in Molecular Biology for Lifalakhe

Question

A protein is made up 66 amino acid

How many RNA nucleotide are involved in the formation of this protein

Answer 1

There is three  minimum number of nucleotides per codon needed to encode 20 amino acids.

If now a protein has 66 Amino acids, then the number of RNA nucleotides is given mathematically below:

$3\ nucleotides = 20 Amino \ acids$

$?=66 amino\ acids$

$66\times 3=198$

$198\div20=9.9\ RNA \ nucleotides$ are involved in the formation of this protein