Question

Hargbvind Khorana is known for ______.

Options

• protein synthesis

• synthesis of RNA structure

• discovery of DNA structure

• discovery of DNA ligase enzyme

Answer 1

Hargbvind Khorana is known for synthesis of RNA structure.

Explanation:

Har Gobind Khorana was a Nobel Prize-winning biochemist renowned for his pioneering work in the chemical synthesis of RNA molecules with specific sequences. By artificially creating these RNA chains, he helped demonstrate how the order of nucleotides determines the sequence of amino acids in a protein, effectively helping to decipher the genetic code. His research confirmed that the code is read in “three-letter words” or triplets. Later in his career, he also achieved the first chemical synthesis of a functional gene.