Why is it important for something to satisfy all six characteristics of life in order to be considered a living thing?

Agene with the original sequence of atgtt—tact underwent substitution mutation to form atatt—tact after a few generations. tact is a part of a muscle protein encoding region, and atgtt codes for a digestive enzyme. what will be the effect of this mutation? a. the production of muscle protein will be affected. b. the production of digestive enzymes will be affected. c. the production of both the protein and the enzyme will be affected. d. the production of neither the protein nor the enzyme will be affected.

Pls me i need this ! each cell has genes activated depending on it's job and what kind of cell it is. it is the presence of that causes the repressor protein to fall off and unblock the gene on the lac operon. if a gene is turned on then it is being an additional circular chromosome found in some bacteria that is used in genetic engineering.

The structure of a dna molecule is best described as a. one long strand of nucleic acids b. two strands of dna nucleotides joined by hydrogen bonds c. two strands of amino acids joined by hydrogen bonds d. one long strand of amino acids