Chapter 21 Flashcards
*DNA (in nucleus) to mRNA (moves from nucleus to cytoplasm) to protein (in cytoplasm)
*DNA -> RNA -> Protein
flow of information
central dogma
Made of Nucleic acids
DNA
Nucleotides make what?
Nucleic Acids
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
Ribonucleic Acid
RNA
Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine
DNA
Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Uracil
RNA
Purine (A&G) and Pyrimidine (T&C)
Two Forms of Nucleotides in DNA
2 hydrogen bonds
A-T
3 hydrogen bonds
G-C
is arranged in a double helix
DNA nucleotides
Double Helix discovered by
Watson and Crick
dictates sequences on one strand
complementary base pairing
these can line up in any order on a strand
nucleotides
5’- G C A C C A A T A - 3’
3’- C G T G G T T A T - 5’
complementary base pairing
nucleotide sequence in a DNA molecule that codes for a specific polypeptide chain
Gene
Genes consist of two strands, what are they?
coding and template
carry information for making proteins in our body
DNA
information for making proteins is organized into localized regions along DNA molecule called what?
genes
Each ______ has information for making a protein or RNA
gene
Each ____ molecule has many genes
DNA
There are about how many genes in the human body?
~ 23,000
These areas may have some other function; some areas of DNA do not have instructions for making RNA or Protein and are not
genes
DNA molecules are called what when dividing?
chromosomes
have 23 pairs of chromosomes and 46 chromosomes in total
Human Cells
process of copying DNA prior to cell division
DNA replication
this and other proteins unwind DNA Molecule
Helicase
catalyzing the reaction that puts monomers together, making polymers
polymerase
use one molecule of DNA as a template
semiconservative replication
DNA repair is carried out by _____________ and other _______
DNA Polymerase and enzymes