Nucleic Acid Structure and Function (SL)

DNA/RNA

100

DNA is located in the ______ of a eukaryotic cell

nucleus

200

Monomer of nucleic acids

nucleotide

300

Function of DNA

Storing genetic information

400

Polymer of nucleic acid

polynucleotide

500

3 structural differences between DNA and RNA

Single v. double strand, uracil v. thymine, ribose v. deoxyribose

DNA Replication

100

Enzyme that unzips DNA

helicase

200

Enzyme that builds the new DNA strand

DNA polymerase

300

Term that describes how DNA is replicated

Semi-conservative

400

This strand is replicated faster

leading strand

500

Find the complementary DNA strand:

AATGCGAT

TTACGCTA

Transcription

100

Created during transcription

mRNA

200

Enzyme that performs transcription

RNA polymerase

300

Location of transcription in eukaryotes

nucleus

400

Find the complementary mRNA strand:

AATTGACCA

UUAACUGGU

500

3 stages of transcription

initiation, elongation, termination

Translation

100

Function of rRNA

makes up the ribosomes

200

Produced during translation

Proteins (polypeptides, amino acid chains)

300

Function of tRNA

Carries amino acids to the ribosomes

400

The start codon and the 3 stop codons

start: AUG

stop: UGA, UAA, UAG

500

A protein has 10 amino acids in it, how many mRNA bases are required to make that protein?

30 bases (10 codons, 3 bases in each codon)

Misc

100

What is the central dogma

DNA -> RNA -> Proteins

200

There is 24% Adenine in DNA, how much Guanine is there?

26%

300

Who took x-ray pictures of DNA to determine the structure of DNA?

Rosalind Franklin

400

Type of RNA that contains anticodons

tRNA

500

What did Meischer do?

He was the first to isolate DNA