Kaplan Biochem Contd. Flashcards
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..: unit of DNA that encodes a specific protein or RNA molecule
gene
mRNA is synthesized in the … to … direction and is complementary and antiparallel to the DNA .. strand
5’; 3’; template
DNA template for transcription is the … to … strand
DNA … strand is the .. to … strand = identical to the mRNA transcript, except for the fact that DNA has thymine and RNA has uracil
3’; 5’
coding; 5’; 3’
ribosome translates mRNA in the … to … direction, synthesizing the protein from the … to … terminus
5’; 3’; N; C
…: only RNA that contains info translated into protein
transcribed from DNA by ..
mRNA; RNA polymerase
mRNA in eukaryotes is … –> one mRNA = one protein
mRNA in prokaryotes can be … –> one mRNA can code for several different proteins –> this can be achieved by having translation … in the mRNA to yield different proteins
monocistronic
polycistronic; start at different locations
transfer RNA (tRNA) contains a … and a … which recognizes and pairs with the appropriate codon on an mRNA transcript in the ribosome
folded strand of RNA: 3-nucleotide anticodon
transfer RNA:
activated/charged when …
mature tRNA are in the …
bonded to an amino acid
cytoplasm
transfer RNA
activated by …, which attaches amino acids to the 3’ end of the correct tRNA at the CCA nucleotide sequence –> activation requires … high E bonds from ATP, which implies that the bond between tRNA and aa is … (breaking it would release energy)
aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases
two
energy rich
the high energy aminoacyl-tRNA bond supplies energy needed to .. during translation
create peptide bonds
… is the primary component of ribosomes and is synthesized in the nucleolus
ribosomal RNA
rRNA can also function as … –> enzymes made of RNA
rRNA helps catalyze formation of … bonds and plays a role in … in the nucleus
ribozymes
peptide;
splicing out its own introns
there are … codons and the code is … –> one codon codes for only one amino acids
codons are written in .. to … direction
64; unambiguous
5’; 3’
61 codons code for one of the 20 amino acids and 3 code for …
termination of translation
the anticodon and codon are … to one another
antiparallel
every protein begins with …, so … is considered the start codon for translation
methionine; AUG
the way the anticodons stop termination is through the fact that there are no … that …, so it results in the ribosome releasing the protein
tRNAs; recognize them
stop codons: …, …, … –> mnemonics: …, …, …
UGA –> U Go Away
UAA –> U Are Annoying
UAG –> U Are Gone
genetic code is … because more than codon codes for the same amino acid. all amino acids except for … and … are encoded by more than one codon
degenerate; methionine; tryptophan
degenerate genetic code:
… bases are usually the same, and the … is variable –> this position is the … position, which helps protect against harmful mutations –> mutations in this position tend to be …/.. (having no effect)
first two; third
wobble
silent; degenerate
…: mutation that affects one of the nucleotides in a codon
… mutations
… mutation: one amino acid substitutes another
… mutation: early termination, aka … mutation
point mutation
silent
missense
nonsense; truncation
… mutations: insertions/deletions that change the reading frame –> more serious than point mutations
frameshift
translation occurs in the
cytoplasm
(transcription) DNA is unwound by … and … so that RNA polymerase has access to the sequence
template strand = …/… strand
coding strand = … strand
helicase; topoisomerase
antisense; missense
sense