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DNA
Transcription
Translation
Protein Folding
Potpourri
100
What bases make up the DNA code?
A, T, C, G
100
Where does transcription occur?
The nucleus
100
Where in the cytoplasm does Translation occur?
Ribosome.
100
Which level of structure is the sequence of amino acids?
primary structure
100
What are two different jobs of proteins?
Choose any two: messengers, hormones, muscles, enzymes, hair/nails, transporters
200
Where is the information held in the DNA, the inside or the outside?
Inside
200
What is made during transcription?
mRNA
200
A codon is a triplet of nucleotides in which molecule?
mRNA
200
How do hydrophobic amino acids interact with their environment?
They hide inside the protein, away from the water
200
The deletion of what number of mRNA nucleotides causes the LEAST damage in the translation of a protein?
a multiple of 3
300
What is a segment of DNA that codes for a polypeptide called?
a gene
300
How is AGC-CTA-TCG-CGT transcribed?
UCG-GAU-AGC-GCA
300
Peptide bonds hold together what monomers?
Amino Acids
300
One way to denature a protein is to add heat to break bonds that help it fold. Another way to denature the protein is to add what?
Something that gives it a charge
300
What is an example of proteins denaturing in our daily lives?
cooking meats/eggs
400
What makes a blue eye color gene different from a green eye color gene?
The sequence of bases in the genes
400
What enzyme adds mRNA nucleotides to a growing transcript during Transcription?
RNA Polymerase
400
What signals the end of a polypeptide?
A stop codon.
400
How can a protein lose its ability to function?
if it denatures.
400
What does the shape of a protein determine?
Its job/function.
500
Which gene codes for "male-ness"?
The SRY gene
500
What must mRNA travel through to get from the nucleus to the cytoplasm, which DNA cannot get through?
the Nuclear membrane/envelope
500
What part of the tRNA molecule matches with the codon?
anticodon
500
What are two shapes that secondary structure creates?
Helices and sheets
500
Which are there more of? codons or amino acids?
codons (64). There are only 20 amino acids.