5.4 Translation and Mutation

Question 1

What’s the roles of mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA in translation?

Answer 1

mRNA- contains codons that are used to make amino acids
tRNA- transfers amino acids, has anticodons that matches the codons to put amino acids in the correct order
rRNA- facilitates matching of mRNA and tRNA, joins amino acids together to make proteins

Question 2

What are the different types of mutations?

Answer 2

Frameshift- inserts or deletes bases that can lead to a reading frame shift
Silent- base changed doesn’t change the amino acid
Missense- base changed changes the amino acid
Nonsense- base changed makes a STOP amino acid