Module 34 Terms - Translation

Question 1

Codon

Answer 1

A non-overlapping group of three adjacent nucleotides

Question 2

Anticodon

Answer 2

The three bases at the bottom of tRNA molecules that undergo base pairing with the corresponding codon in mRNA

Question 3

Genetic code

Answer 3

The relationship between a codon and the amino acid that it specifies

Question 4

Translation initiation

Answer 4

The first step of translation where the initiator AUG codon is recognized and methionine is established as the first amino acid in the new polypeptide chain

Question 5

Translation elongation

Answer 5

The second step of translation where successive amino acids are added one by one to the growing chain

Question 6

Translation termination

Answer 6

The final step of translation where the addition of amino acids stops and the completed polypeptide chain is released from the ribosome

Question 7

Operon

Answer 7

A group of genes that are located in a row along DNA and transcribed as a single unit from one promoter