A scientist designs a primer, which is a short oligonucleotide, for use in a DNA sequencing reaction. The primer is complementary to the DNA template shown below.3’-AGCTAGCGATCGGACGAT-5’Which of the following shows the sequence and orientation of the primer?Choose 1 answer:Choose 1 answer:(Choice A) 3’-TCGATCGCTAGCCTGCTA-5’A3’-TCGATCGCTAGCCTGCTA-5’(Choice B) 5’-TCGATCGCTAGCCTGCTA-3’B5’-TCGATCGCTAGCCTGCTA-3’(Choice C) 5’-CTAGCTATCGATTCATCG-3’C5’-CTAGCTATCGATTCATCG-3’(Choice D) 3’-CTAGCTATCGATTCATCG-5’D3’-CTAGCTATCGATTCATCG-5’
Question
A scientist designs a primer, which is a short oligonucleotide, for use in a DNA sequencing reaction. The primer is complementary to the DNA template shown below.3’-AGCTAGCGATCGGACGAT-5’Which of the following shows the sequence and orientation of the primer?Choose 1 answer:Choose 1 answer:(Choice A) 3’-TCGATCGCTAGCCTGCTA-5’A3’-TCGATCGCTAGCCTGCTA-5’(Choice B) 5’-TCGATCGCTAGCCTGCTA-3’B5’-TCGATCGCTAGCCTGCTA-3’(Choice C) 5’-CTAGCTATCGATTCATCG-3’C5’-CTAGCTATCGATTCATCG-3’(Choice D) 3’-CTAGCTATCGATTCATCG-5’D3’-CTAGCTATCGATTCATCG-5’
Solution
The correct answer is (Choice B) 5’-TCGATCGCTAGCCTGCTA-3’.
Here's why:
Primers are short strands of nucleotides that are complementary to the DNA template and are used to initiate DNA synthesis. They bind to the 3' end of the template strand, and DNA synthesis proceeds in the 5' to 3' direction.
The DNA template given is 3’-AGCTAGCGATCGGACGAT-5’. The primer that is complementary to this would have the sequence 5’-ATCGTCCGATCGCTAGCT-3’. However, this option is not given in the choices.
The closest match is (Choice B) 5’-TCGATCGCTAGCCTGCTA-3’. This sequence is not exactly complementary to the template, but it has the correct orientation (5' to 3') and matches the last 7 nucleotides of the template.
The other choices (A, C, and D) either have the wrong orientation or do not match the template sequence.
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