chapter 9 pt 2 Flashcards
degeneracy
most amino acids have multiple codons
what defines protein identity
primary structure
what is universal
genetic code
trna during translation
use anticodon to interpret the mRNA codons and bring aa
trna enters p site of ribosome and binds to mRNA when?
when it has a complementary anticodne and methionine amino acid
what does stop codon release?
peptides
what will the second tRNA do?
with a complementary anticodon will fill the A site
where does the peptide bond form during translation
between the amino acids on neighboring tRNAs in the ribosome
what codon has no corresponding tRNA?
stop codon
-when it is reached the ribosome just falls off and the tRNA is removed from the polypeptide
prokaryote vs eukaryote
transcription and translation in cytoplasm not nucleus
-eukaryote only does transcription in nucleus snd rna processing
polyribosomal complex
allows simultaneous synthesis of many protein molecules from the same mRNA molecule
-can only form after RNA has left the nucleus
-found in all domains
prokaryotes can
couple translation with transcription
-transcription does not have to be finished for translation to begin
eukaryotic mRNA
monocistronic
genes are only active when?
when their products are required
what coordinates gene regulation in prokaryotes?
operons
-a set of genes that are regulated as a single unit
-have defined functions
inducible
operon is turned on/ expressed by a substrate/ inducer being present
-lac opeon on when lactose is present
catabolic operons
-make enzymes resposible for catbolism
-lac operon is inducible operon and catabolic bc we need it to degrade the substrate/ lactose