Gene to Protein

Question 1

What is Transcription

Answer 1

The process where the genetic info stored in a gene is copied into a form of messenger

Question 2

What does RNA polyamerase do?

Answer 2

Does the transcription process, binds to the promotor at the start of a gene, winds through the DNA, adding nucleotides following the base-pair rules.

Once it reaches the end, the RNA strand is released

Question 3

What are the 3 main types of RNA and what is their purpose

Answer 3

messenger RNA
ribosomal RNA - forms structural part of ribosomes
transfer RNA - helps with the translation process, reads mRNA and translates the code

Question 4

Which one has to be removed? Intron or exon

Answer 4

introns must be removed from the pre-mRNA by a process called splicing

Question 5

What is a codon?

Answer 5

a 3 nucleotide code

Question 6

What is an anticodon

Answer 6

RNA copy of codon on DNA

Question 7

gene

Answer 7

A single hereditory unit of DNA, contain instructions to make proteins

Question 8

Promotor

Answer 8

Binds the RNA polyamerase - transcription start site

Question 9

coding region

Answer 9

The region of a gene that contains the actual instructions, introns and exons, introns must be removed before the mRNA is finished