Question

Design an mRNA with the necessary prokaryotic control sites that codes for the octapeptide $\mathbf{\text{Lys - Pro - Ala - Gly - Thr - Glu - Asn - Ser}}$.

Short answer

mRNA for the octapeptide:

Step-by-step solution

Definition of mRNA

Messenger RNA (mRNA) is a form of single-stranded RNA that is involved in protein production.

Determining mRNA with prokaryotic control sites

The mRNA should contain both the start and stop codons. The first codon, AUG, codes for Met. There are only a few stop codon variants, such as UAA.

mRNA for the given peptide:

Because many codons encode each amino acid, so amino acid codons can differ in mRNA sequence.