Homework SourseThe amino acid codon table has a socalled wobble base in the
The amino acid codon table has a so-called \"wobble\" base in the third position. What protective effect might this base provide, given what you understand of the codon tables? Think about genetic mutations and their effects. Explain your reasoning.
The amino acid codon table has a so-called \"wobble\" base in the third position. What protective effect might this base provide, given what you understand of the codon tables? Think about genetic mutations and their effects. Explain your reasoning.
Solution
Answer:
The first two bases in the codon create the coding specificity, due to the degeneracy of the genetic code, the third base is less discriminatory (celled wobble base).
(At this position Us and Cs may be read by a G in the anticodon. Similarly, As and Gs may be read by a U in the anticodon)
The wobble phenomenon gives rise to : degeneracy of genetic code, suppression of point mutations at wobble position, simplifies translation machinery with less tRNAs.
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