Module 3 Gene Functions Flashcards

1
Q
  • an enzyme that catalyzes certain chemical reactions in a metabolic pathway
  • explains the relationship between genotype and phenotype

Beadle and Tatum experimented on red bread mold

A

Gene-Enzyme Relationship

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2
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Each gene is responsible for directing the building of a single, specific enzyme.

A

One Gene- One enzyme Hypothesis

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3
Q

levels of protein structure

A

primary secondary tertiary quaternary

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4
Q

Colinear means having corresponding parts arranged in the same linear
order.

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Collinearity of DNA and Proteins

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5
Q

is the nucleotide base sequence on DNA which will
be translated into sequence of amino acids of a protein. Each amino acid
is represented by a triplet of bases, read in 5’ to 3’ direction

A

GENETIC CODE

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6
Q
  1. It is a triplet code
  2. Nonoverlapping
  3. degenerate or redundant
  4. universal
  5. start and stop codons serves as signals
    6.There is a wobble in the anticodon
A

Characteristics of the Genetic Code:

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