You are working as a new research associate at a startup pharmaceutical company. The company is interested in developing a pharmaceutical drug for the treatment of hepatitis C virus $($HCV$),$ and you have been assigned to study the NS$5$A protein that is coded by the virus, and its molecular role. To prepare, you search the literature to learn more about this viral protein and come across the article below:

Venkatesan A$,$ Prabhu Dass J F$.$ Review on chemogenomic approaches towards hepatitis C viral targets. J Cell Biochem. $2019$;$120(8)$:$12167-12181.$ doi:$10\mathrm{.}1002/$jcb$\mathrm{.}28581$

$1.(1$ point$)$ How would one

The CDS for the NS$5$A viral protein is provided below, in accordance with scientific convention.