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# Protein Translation
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Welcome to Protein Translation on Exercism's Elixir Track.
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If you need help running the tests or submitting your code, check out `HELP.md`.
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## Instructions
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Translate RNA sequences into proteins.
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RNA can be broken into three nucleotide sequences called codons, and then translated to a polypeptide like so:
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RNA: `"AUGUUUUCU"` => translates to
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Codons: `"AUG", "UUU", "UCU"`
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=> which become a polypeptide with the following sequence =>
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Protein: `"Methionine", "Phenylalanine", "Serine"`
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There are 64 codons which in turn correspond to 20 amino acids; however, all of the codon sequences and resulting amino acids are not important in this exercise.
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If it works for one codon, the program should work for all of them.
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However, feel free to expand the list in the test suite to include them all.
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There are also three terminating codons (also known as 'STOP' codons); if any of these codons are encountered (by the ribosome), all translation ends and the protein is terminated.
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All subsequent codons after are ignored, like this:
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RNA: `"AUGUUUUCUUAAAUG"` =>
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Codons: `"AUG", "UUU", "UCU", "UAA", "AUG"` =>
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Protein: `"Methionine", "Phenylalanine", "Serine"`
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Note the stop codon `"UAA"` terminates the translation and the final methionine is not translated into the protein sequence.
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Below are the codons and resulting Amino Acids needed for the exercise.
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| Codon | Protein |
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| :----------------- | :------------ |
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| AUG | Methionine |
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| UUU, UUC | Phenylalanine |
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| UUA, UUG | Leucine |
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| UCU, UCC, UCA, UCG | Serine |
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| UAU, UAC | Tyrosine |
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| UGU, UGC | Cysteine |
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| UGG | Tryptophan |
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| UAA, UAG, UGA | STOP |
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Learn more about [protein translation on Wikipedia][protein-translation].
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[protein-translation]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translation_(biology)
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## Source
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### Created by
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- @DoggettCK
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### Contributed to by
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- @angelikatyborska
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- @Cohen-Carlisle
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- @devonestes
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- @neenjaw
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- @nwshane
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- @sotojuan
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### Based on
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Tyler Long
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