3.1.4 Proteins Flashcards
Polypeptide’s fold where
The SER due to acidic conditions
What is the diffrence between prokaryote and eukaryote dna
Pro is circular while eu is linear and involves histones
What is junk dna called
Intron
What does intron parts of the dna useful for
Gene expression
Maintaining chromosome stabablility
Evolutionary conservation
How many pairs of chromosomes does a human have
23 chromosome pairs
How does circular dna condense
It coiles its self
Feature : eukaryotic cell vs prokaryotic cell
Location
Length
Shape
Histones
Eukaryote
Location : in the nucleus’s
Length : long / longer
Shape : linear
Histones ; yes ( associated with proteins)
Prokaryotic :
Location : cytoplasm
Length : shorter than DNA
Shape : circular
Histones : no ( not associated with proteins )
How does the dna in mitochondria and chloroplasts resemble prokaryotic DNA
As it is circular , shorter than the dna in a nucleus , not in nucleus and also does not associate with protein’s
What is a gene
A section of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a protein
What is an allele
A different variation of a gene
What is a locus
The position of a gene in a singular chromosome
What does homologous pair of chromosomes mean
Contains same genetic information
What nitrogenous bases are there
Purines :
Adenine
Guanine
Pyrimidines:
Thymine
Cytosine
Uracil
What determines the shape and size of a protein
The primary structure
Why is genetic code known as triplet code
Because it has enough code variety to accommodate all amino acids