Translation
This molecule carries the amino acid to the ribosome during translation
What is tRNA?
The enzyme that synthesizes RNA during transcription.
What is RNA polymerase?
A codon consists of this many nucleotides.
What is three?
In eukaryotes, this modification is added to the 5' end of mRNA.
What is a 5' cap?
The sugar found in RNA.
What is ribose?
This site on the ribosome is where the peptide chain grows.
What is the P site?
The region of DNA where transcription begins.
What is the promoter?
How many codons in a strand of 24 nitrogenous base m-RNA
What is 8?
This sequence is removed from pre-mRNA during splicing.
What is an intron?
The base found in RNA but not in DNA.
What is uracil?
The first codon to initiate translation in most organisms and its name
What is AUG? What is Methionine
This type of RNA is the direct product of transcription in eukaryotes.
What is pre-mRNA?
These codons signal the termination of translation.
What are STOP codons
These molecules help fold newly synthesized proteins into their proper shapes.
What are chaperones?
DNA is double-stranded, while RNA is typically this.
What is single-stranded?
The enzyme responsible for linking amino acids to tRNA molecules.
What is aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase?
The strand of DNA that m-RNA transcribes
What is the template strand?
The process of matching a codon to its corresponding amino acid is facilitated by this molecule.
What is tRNA?
A common post-translational modification where a phosphate group is added.
What is phosphorylation?
This is the primary function of DNA compared to RNA.
What is storing genetic information?
he process where the ribosome moves along the mRNA after each peptide bond is formed.
What is translocation?
The term for the sequence that signals RNA polymerase to stop transcription.
What is the terminator?
This unique property of the genetic code means that multiple codons can specify the same amino acid.
What is degeneracy of the genetic code?
This involves the addition of adenine residues to the 3' end of mRNA.
What is adding adenine to create a tail (poly-A tail)?
What type of bond that links the sugar of one nucleotide to the phosphate of the next in both DNA and RNA.
What is a covalent bond?