Transcription terms
1st step of transcription
What is initiation?
A.k.a. Post-transcriptional Modification
What is RNA processing?
UTR
What is untranslated region?
rRNA
What is ribosomal RNA?
Peptidyl-tRNA binding site on ribosome
What is the P site?
Last step of transcription
What is termination?
A.k.a. an RNA transcript
What is pre-mRNA?
Removal of introns during RNA processing
What is RNA splicing?
tRNA
What is transfer RNA?
Protein that enters the A site to terminate translation
What is release factor?
The enzyme that transcribes RNA from DNA
What is RNA polymerase?
RNA sequences that are translated into polypeptides
What are coding sequences?
Enzyme complex involved in intron removal
What is a spliceosome?
3 base mRNA sequences that form the genetic code
What are codons?
Enzymes that bind correct amino acids with correct tRNAs
What are tRNA synthetases?
The DNA sequence that binds RNA polymerase
What is the promoter?
Coding RNA sequences
What are exons?
Adding methyl groups to 5' end of pre-RNA
What is 5' capping?
3 base tRNA sequences that pair with mRNA
What are anticodons?
Flexible base-pairing of 3rd bases of mRNA codon & tRNA anticodon
What is wobble?
Proteins that bind to DNA & affect transcription of specific genes
What are transcription factors?
Non-coding RNA sequences
What are introns?
Adding adenine bases to 3' end of pre-mRNA
What is 3' polyadenylation?
Aminoacyl-tRNA binding site on ribosome
What is the A site?
They make the rough ER look rough