Lippincott - Protein Synthesis Flashcards
direction of writing of codon
5’–>3’
number of base combinations
64
number of codons coding for amino acids
61
stop codons
UAA, UAG, UGA
start codon
AUG
protein coded for by start codon
methionine
characteristics of genetic code [4]
[1] specificity / unambiguity
[2] universality
[3] redundance / degeneracy
[4] nonoverlapping
specificity of genetic code
a particular codon codes for only one amino acid
universality of genetic code
genetic code found in all organisms
redundance / degeneracy of genetic code
a single amino acid has more than 1 coding codon
nonverlapping / commaless
code is read from a fixed starting point as a continuous sequence of bases
consequences of altering nucleotide sequence [6]
[1] silent mutation [2] missense [3] nonsense [4] triple repeat expansion [5] splice site mutation [6] frameshift
silent mutation
single nucleotide mutation does not change the amino acid sequence
missense
single nucleotide mutation changes amino acid sequence
nonsense
single nucleotide mutation produces stop codon
result of nonsense mutation
truncated protein
triple repeat expansion
amplification of a codon resulting in abnormally high amounts of a single amino acid
splice site mutations
failure to correctly splice the protein
frameshift mutation
addition or deletion causes change in reading frame and abnormal protein
how is amino acid linked to tRNA
carboxyl group of AA is in ester linkage with adenosine of CCA at 3’ end
anticodon
complement of codon in mRNA
codon
specifies amino acid needed for the sequence