6. A gene has a base sequence that begins with TAA TGA CTA GCT. Answer the following questions using the codon table from question #5
a) What RNA sequence would be produced during transcription? Hint: In RNA, A pairs with U. (1
point)
b) What are the first four amino acids coded by this sequence? Hint Look up the amino acids on
the codon table. (1 point)
c) The gene has a frameshift mutation, where the fifth base in the sequence is deleted. Write the
new DNA base sequence. Hint: Rewrite the sequence without the fifth base. (1 point)
d) What is the new RNA sequence? Hint in RNA, A pairs with U (1 point)

Penicillin is hydrolyzed and thereby rendered inactive by penicillinase (also known as β-lactamase), an enzyme present in some resistant bacteria. the mass of this enzyme in staphylococcus aureus is 29.6 kd. the amount of penicillin hydrolyzed in 1 minute in a 10-ml solution containing 10-9 g of purified penicillinase was measured as a function of the concentration of penicillin. assume that the concentration of penicillin does not change appreciably during the assay. penicillin(μm) amount hydrolyzed(nmol) 1 0.11 3 0.25 5 0.34 10 0.45 30 0.58 50 0.61 (a) plot v0 versus [s] and 1/v0 versus 1/[s] for these data. does penicillinase appear to obey michaelis-menten kinetics? if so, what is the value of km? (b) what is the value of vmax? (c) what is the turnover number of penicillinase under these experimental conditions? assume one active site per enzyme molecule.