A Mutant Bacterial Cell Has a Defective Aminoacyl-TRNA Synthetase That

Multiple Choice

A mutant bacterial cell has a defective aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase that attaches a lysine to tRNAs with the anticodon AAA instead of the normal phenylalanine.What would be a potential consequence for a cell in which this happens? Remember that phenylalanine may be encoded by multiple codons.

A) None of the proteins in the cell will contain phenylalanine.
B) Proteins in the cell will include lysine instead of phenylalanine at amino acid positions specified by the codon UUU.
C) The cell will compensate for the defect by attaching phenylalanine to tRNAs with lysine-specifying anticodons.
D) The ribosome will skip a codon every time a UUU is encountered.