DNA

Question 0

Describe the structure of DNA

Answer 0

DNA is a double stranded helix which had a sugar phosphate backbone

Question 1

What do the function of DNA

Answer 1

To carry information which allows the cell to produce all the protein needed to function

Question 2

What are genes?

Answer 2

Genes are sections of DNA which control our characteristics and enable our bodies to function properly

Question 3

What are proteins up of?

Answer 3

Long chains of amino acids

Question 4

What are the four bases that make up the genetic code?

Answer 4

A-T

C-G

Question 5

What determines the type of amino acid?

Answer 5

The base sequence

Question 6

How many different types of amino acids are there?

Answer 6

20

Question 7

What is the function of the mRNA?

Answer 7

To carry the code from the DNA to a ribosome where the protein is assembled from the amino acids

Question 8

Describe a protein

Answer 8

Proteins are organic compounds composed of atoms of carbon nitrogen oxygen and hydrogen. These are large complex 3-D molecules

Question 9

What is the function of insulin and what is the type of protein?

Answer 9

Insulin is a hormone and it controls sugar levels in the blood