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# Protein Translation
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Write a program that will translate RNA sequences into proteins.
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Lets write a program that will translate RNA sequences into proteins. [general ref](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translation_(biology)
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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. 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 four 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", "UAG", "AUG"` =>
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Protein: `"Methionine", "Phenylalanine", "Serine"`
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Note the stop codon 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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To run the tests simply run the command `go test` in the exercise directory.
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If the test suite contains benchmarks, you can run these with the `-bench`
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flag:
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go test -bench .
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For more detailed info about the Go track see the [help
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page](http://exercism.io/languages/go).
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## Source
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Tyler Long
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## Submitting Incomplete Problems
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It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.
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