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1
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What are nucleotides made up of?

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-5 carbon pentose sugar
-Nitrogen-containing base
-Phosphate group

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What are the functions of nucleotides?

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-Energy currency for a cell (ATP)
-Building blocks for DNA and RNA

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How many nitrogen-containing rings does a purine base have?

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Two

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How many nitrogen-containing rings does a pyrimidine base have?

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One

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What the two most common purine bases?

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Adenine and guanine

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What the three most common pyrimidine bases?

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Cytosine, thymine and uracil

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What makes nucleotides carry a negative charge?

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The phosphate group

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How is the sugar, base and phosphate group joined together?

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Condensation reaction

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9
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How many phosphate groups does ATP have?

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Three

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10
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What happens when energy is needed in a cell?

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-The third phosphate bond is broken by a hydrolysis reaction

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What enzyme breaks down ATP?

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ATPase

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What product is formed from the breakdown of ATP?

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Adenosine diphosphate (ADP)

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What are nucleic acids made up of?

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Many nucleotide monomer units

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14
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What is the function of nucleic acids?

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Carries all the information needed to form new cells

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15
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How are nucleic acids made?

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Condensation reaction

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16
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What are the bonds in nucleic acids?

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Phosphodiester bonds

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17
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What bases are present in RNA?

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C, G, A and U

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18
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What bonds hold together bases?

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Hydrogen bonds

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19
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How many bonds are between C and G?

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Three bonds

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20
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How many bonds are between A and T?

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Two bonds

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21
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What happens in semi-conservative replication?

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The DNA unwinds and new nucleotides align along each strand

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What happens in conservative replication?

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The double helix remains intact and new strands form

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23
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Which enzyme catalyses the unwinding of DNA?

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DNA helicase

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24
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What is the function of DNA polymerase?

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Lines up and catalyses the linking up of the nucleotides along the template strand

25
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What is the function of DNA ligase?

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Catalyses the formation of new phosphodiester bonds between the two strands of DNA

26
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Where does translation take place?

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The surface of the ribosomes

27
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What is a triplet code?

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The code of three bases, giving 64 possible combinations

28
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What is the definition of a gene?

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A sequence of bases on a DNA molecule coding for a sequence of amino acids, that affect the phenotype

29
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What is a codon?

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A sequence of three bases on the DNA or RNA

30
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How did scientists work out the codons of DNA?

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Using mRNA as it is a complementary strand to the DNA acting as a reverse image of the original DNA sequence

31
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how is the code non-overlapping?

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Each base in a gene is only part of one triplet of bases that codes for one amino acid

32
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What is an advantage of a non-overlapping code?

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If point mutation occurs, It will only affect one codon and therefore one amino acid

33
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How is the code degenerate?

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The genetic code contains more information than is needed, there are 64 combinations.

34
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What is the advantage of a degenerate code?

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If the final base in the triplet is changed, the mutation could still produce the same amino acid with no effect on the organism

35
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What is the structure of RNA?

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Single helix

36
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What are the three main functions of RNA in the process of protein synthesis?

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-Carries instructions for a polypeptide from the DNA to the ribosomes
-Picks up specific amino acids from the protoplasm and carried them to the ribosome
-Makes up the bulk of ribosomes

37
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Where does mRNA form a template?

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On the antisense strand of the DNA

38
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What does mRNA code for?

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One polypeptide

39
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What is the function of DNA-directed RNA polymerase (RNA polymerase)?

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Allow parts of the DNA molecule to transcribe onto strands of mRNA
-catalyses the formation of phosphodiester bonds between the sugars and phosphate groups of the bases to form a strand of mRNA

40
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How does mRNA allow protein synthesis to take place?

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-Passes through the nuclear pores into the cytoplasm
-Moves to the surface of the ribosomes where protein synthesis takes place

41
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What is the function of Transfer RNA (tRNA)?

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Picks up particular amino acids from the cytoplasm and transports them to the surface of a ribosome to align with mRNA

42
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What is an anticodon?

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Sequence of three bases on tRNA that are complementary to the bases in a mRNA codon

43
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What is the function of Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)?

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To hold together the mRNA and tRNA and act as enzymes controlling the process of protein synthesis

44
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What are polysomes?

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Groups of ribosomes, joined by a thread of mRNA, that can produce mass amounts of a particular protein

45
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What is transcription?

A

DNA information copied to mRNA

46
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What is translation?

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mRNA information translated into specific sequence of amino acids

47
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What is mutation?

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A permanent change in the DNA of an organism

48
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What is point/gene mutation?

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A change in one or a small number of nucleotides affecting a single gene

49
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What are the three types of point mutation?

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-Substitution
-Deletion
-Insertion

50
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What is a substitution?

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One base in a gene is substituted for another

51
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What is a deletion?

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Where a base is completely lost in the sequence

52
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What is an insertion?

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When an extra base is added, either a replication or a new base completely

53
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What are chromosomal mutations?

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A change in the positions of genes within chromosomes

54
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What is whole-chromosome mutations?

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When an entire chromosome is either lost during meiosis, or duplicated in one cell

55
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What chromosome causes Down syndrome?

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chromosome 21, 3 copies instead of two

56
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How can mutations be advantgeous?

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Could result in the production of a new and superior protein, giving an organism a reproductive advantage

57
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What happens in sickle cell disease?

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Haemoglobin molecules stick together to form rigid rods that give red blood cells a sickle shape

58
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What mutation happens in sickle cell disease?

A

Point mutation, affects the protein chains making up haemoglobin

59
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What happens to blood flow in sickle cell disease?

A

The sickle cells may block blood vessels
They don’t carry oxygen very efficiently

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