Chromosomes And Protiens Flashcards
In what type of cells does splicing occur to pre-mRNA
Eukaryotic cells
What is the role of DNA helicase in transcription
Break hydrogen bonds in DNA molecule
what joins to the DNA template strand during transcription
Free RNA nucleotides in the nucleus join there complementary base pair on the template strand and form hydrogen bonds
What enzymes catalyses the formation of phophodiester bonds between the RNA nucleotides in transcription
RNA polymerase
When does transcription stop
When a stop codon is reached
What does pre-mRNA do with the template strand in transcription?and why ?
Dissociâtes from the DNA template strand because of the instability.
Therefore the hydrogen bonds are broken
What is splicing?
The removal of introns from pre-mRNA
What is a pre-mRNA strand made up of
Introns and exons
What is an intron
A non coding section of a pre-mRNA strand
What is a codon
A coding section of a pre-mRNA strand
Name a disease caused by incorrect splicing
Cistic fibrosis
What organelle is involved in the process of translation during protein synthesis
Ribosomes
What is free floating in the cytoplasm that attaches to the ribosome with complementary bases in translation
tRNA
What on the tRNA molecule is complementary to the mRNA
The anticodon
What does a tRNA molecule carry
A specific amino acid