Protein Synthesis and Folding
DNA Packaging, Replication and RNA Transcription
The Cytoskeleton
Protein Activity and Regulation
Organelles and Microscopy
100

A secondary structure composed of a right handed helix that turns every 3.6 amino acids.

What is an alpha-helix?

100

This is the enzyme that provides RNA primers for DNA replication.

What is primase?

100

It binds to actin and is a part of the muscle fiber.

What is myosin?

100

It is a molecule that is bound by the binding site of a protein.

What is a ligand?

100

A fluorescent protein often used as a intracellular marker.

What is Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)?

200

It is a molecule that binds to a stop codon on the mRNA to terminate transcription

What is a release factor?

200

This is the part of the unprocessed RNA transcript that is removed during alternative splicing.

What is an exon?

200

It is the organizational center for microtubules within a cell.

What is the centromere?

200

It is a cellular method for carrying out unfavorable chemical reactions.

What is reaction coupling?
200

The ability to distinguish two close objects

What is resolving power?

300

A special tRNA that recognizes the start codon to begin translation.

What is Met-initiator tRNA

300

This is an enzyme that prevents chromosome shortening after DNA Replication

What is Telomerase?

300

It is a basic unit of muscle contraction.

What is a sarcomere?

300

It is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolyses of a polysaccharide.

What is lysozyme?

300

It helps compartmentalize function within a cell and provide additional surface area for cellular chemistry.

What is an internal membrane?

400
A protein that assists with the folding of newly synthesized polypeptide chains

What is a chaperone protein?

400

This is a protein that helps with the packaging of DNA into chromatin.

What is a histone protein?

400

It is the form of tubulin that is most stably associated with the microtubule.

What is GTP-bound tubulin?

400

It is a GTP-regulated growth factor that can contribute to cancer when mutated.

What is Ras GTPase?
400

The organelle responsible for modification of secretory proteins and a sorting station for vesicle transport.

What is the Golgi Apparatus?

500

It binds to the 5' end of an mRNA and then dissociates when the first start codon is reached.

What is a translation initiation factor (TIF)?

500
This is the enzyme that attaches the amino acid to a tRNA.

What is amino acyl tRNA synthetase?

500

It is the part of kinesin that is bound to the microtubule during transportation.

What is the globular head domain?

500

It is a molecule that hydrolyzes GTP into GDP on a GTPase

What is GTPase Activating Protein (GAP)?

500

The idea that early eukaryotes formed from the merging of two prokaryotes.

What is the Theory of Endosymbiosis?