| Author |
Message
|
| rhysboi1991 |
 Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:07 am Post subject: protein combinations |
 |
|
Forum Freshman
Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Posts: 48
Location: Cumbria, North West England
|
i just wanted to mention something that i have worked out. quite simple (thats if i got it right) but quite interesting...
64 different types of amino acids --- have just worked out that there can be 1.152921505*10^18 different combinations of proteins 10 amino acids long.
1.152921505*10^18=1,152,921,505,000,000,000
4 different types of amino acids --- there can be 1.048576*10^6 different combinations of proteins 10 amino acids long.
1.048576*10^6=1,048,576
bare in mind this calculation was done late at night and was not quite sure whether there is 64 or 4 different types of amino acids or neither and if my answer is wrong can somebody correct me please. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
| NeptuneCircle |
| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:06 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Forum Freshman
Joined: 22 Oct 2007
Posts: 32
|
| Neither there are 20 amino acids. You might be confused with the fact of translation of DNA into amino acids. There are 64 combinations for translationing 1 mRNA codon to an amino acid. However there can be many codons that translate into 1 amino acid. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| rhysboi1991 |
| Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:12 am Post subject: |
|
|
Forum Freshman
Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Posts: 48
Location: Cumbria, North West England
|
this (the big number) must be the combinations of mRNA codons into amino acids
sorry for the mistake but hey i learned from my mistake |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
