Question

5. Proteins recognize RNA in a completely different manner than how proteins recognize DNA.

(a) Explain what structure(s) on the RNA the proteins are able to recognize.

(b) Consider the picture below. On it, there are 4 different mutation locations marked, 2 on the

protein itself (red and green) and two on the RNA itself (blue and purple). Explain how much impact

each of these mutations has on the protein's ability to recognize the RNA.