Chapter 14 RNA/Protein Syntheis Flashcards
RNA
Single stranded nucleic acid that contains the sugar ribose
Messenger RNA
Type of RNA that carries copies of instruction for the assembly of amino acids into proteins from DNA to the rest of the cell
RIBOSOMAL RNA
Type of RNA that combines the proteins to form ribosomes
Transfer RNA
Type of RNA that carries amino acid to a ribosomes during protein synthesis
Transcription
Synthesis of an RNA molecule from a DNA template
RNA polymerase
Enzyme that links together the growing chain of RNA nucleotides during transcription using a DNA standard as a template
Promoter
Specifics region of a gene where RNA polymerase can bind and begin transcription
Intron
Sequence of DNA that is not involved in coding for protein
Exon
Expressed sequence of DNA; codes for a protein
Polypeptide
Long chain of amino acids that makes proteins
Genetic code
Collection of codons of mRNA, each of which directs the incorporation of a particular amino acid into a protein during protein synthesis
Codon
Group of three nucleotides bases in mRNA that specify a particular amino acid to be incorporated onto a protein
Translation
Process by which the sequence of bases of an mRNA is converted into the sequence of amino acids of a protein
What compliment mRNA in pairs of 3
anti codon
Another name for RNA Polymerase
Synthase
