Test 3 Flashcards
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What is protein synthesis catelyzed by?
Ribosomes
2 major groups of the ribosomes?
small unit and large unit
When an Anhydride bond breaks it is worth how much energy?
~30.5 KJ
transfer RNA (tRNA) has a codon/anticodon?
anticodon
tRNA has a specific amino acid?
adenine
mTRNA?
How many phosphoanhydride bonds?
Energy released?
amino acid + ATP——->aminoadenylate tRNA + PPi
2
61.0 KJ
degeneracy?
codon usage table-64 codons- we have more than we need
Where does protein synthesis occur?
in the cytoplasm
What 2 parts make up the small unit of the ribosome?
P-site
A-site
Step 1 in protein synthesis?
small unit of ribosome binds to mRNA
P-site (peptidyl site)
growing peptide chain is here
A-site (amino acyl site)
New amino acid brought here
Step 2 in protein synthesis
methionine-tRNA recruited to the P-site
Step 3 in protein synthesis?
larger ribosomal subunit binds
Energy expended to move the ribosome one complete codon?
1 phospho anhydride bond-1 ATP
Step 4 of protein synthesis
activated tRNA is recruited -uses 1 ATP ( 1 phospho anhydride bond is broken)
Step 5 in protein synthesis?
Peptidyl transferase-breaks bond (cleaves ester bond between the carboxy group of growing protein( P-site) and tRNA)
Step 6 in protein synthesis
Peptidyl transferase catalyzes peptide bond formation between C-terminus of growing protein + N-terminus of the ammoniacal-tRNA in the “A” site of the ribosome
Step 7 in protein synthesis
tRNA in the “P” site has to leave
- “P” site is now empty
growing chain in the “A” site
Step 8 in protein synthesis
ribosome moves 1 codon downstream on mRNA
* movement burns 1 GTP
growing chain is now in the “P” site
Step 9 in protein synthesis
repeat steps 4-9.
* every recruitment of aminoacyl-tRNA costs
1 ATP———->1 ADP
Step 10 in protein synthesis
ribosome encounters a stop codon and the whole complex falls apart
* protein is in sites along with the ribosome parts
tRNA and rRNA are what kind of structures?
secondary structures
What kind of structure does mRNA have?
mRNA=polyribosome-more than 1 ribosome can be bound to it at once simultaneously
linear structure not secondary