About DNAInsulin is a relatively small protein,having a total of 51 amino acids in its structure. What is the smallest number of bases on a DNA...

Proteins are manufactured according to the genetic code
which is located in the DNA. It is then copied by the mRNA in the process of
transcription. The mRNA travels to a ribosome, where this code is translated and a
protein is manufactured. If there are 51 amino acids translated on the ribosome from
this code, then each amino acid in turn, is manufactured according to a codon which is a
triplet of 3 nitrogenous bases.  If you multiply 51 amino acids by 3, then you will
arrive at 153 bases needed to code for insulin. These bases located on a DNA strand will
contain the instructions to produce the protein insulin.