chapter 9 terms Flashcards
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polypeptide
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a chain of linked amino acids
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active site
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a part of the protein that is required for protein function
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translation
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production of a polypepetide chain from a m
RNA
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codon
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3 nucleotides in mRNA that encode an amino acid
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anticodon
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3 nucleotides in tRNA that form complementary base pairs with the codon
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wobble
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the ability of the 3rd nucleotide of the anticodon (5’end) to pair imprecisely, allowing the anticodon to align with different codons
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frameshift mutation
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the insertion or deletion of nucleotides which results in an altered translation reading frame
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signal sequence
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the amino-terminal sequence of a secreted protein which is required for the export of the protein from the cell
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