If an average amino acid is 110Da, how many amino acids would you predict to have in a polypeptide that is 65,000 Daltons in size? How many nucleotides would this be if you were looking for the gene size?

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 If an average amino acid is 110Da, how many amino acids would you predict to have in a polypeptide that is 65,000 Daltons in size? How many nucleotides would this be if you were looking for the gene size? 

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