Problem:
You are given a sequence of 6000 mRNA bases (mature mRNA without introns) and told that this sequence encodes an ion channel.
Question: How would you use this sequence to determine:
a) the number of amino acid residues contained in the channel protein?
b) the number of transmembrane segments contained in the channel?
c) which amino acid residues form the pore of the channel?
Please show your work.