A mutation in troponin that has been linked to DCM is A159E, in which the amino acid A is replaced by the amino acid E. The middle portion of the exons (template strand of DNA) that contain the code for the wild-type A and the mutant E are shown in the
accompanying table. Assuming that the reading frame starts with the first triplet, what is the codon for A?
A) 5' GCA 3 '
B) 5' GAA 3'
C) 5' ACG 3'
D) 5' AAG 3'
Answer: A
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