Protein Synthesis Flashcards
Replication occurs in the ___________
DNA
What is replication?
process inside the nucleus and involves the copying of genetic material so that the new daughter cells thus form contains the identifiable copies as their parents
Transcription & Translation occurs in the ______
RNA
What is replication?
processed inside the nucleus and involves of the genetic material so that the new daughter cell thus form contains the identicial copies as their parent cells
What is transcription?
Is processed in the cytoplasm where a segment of DNA is transcribed into RNA
Where do translation, transcription and replication occur?
Inside the cell
Transcription occurs in the nucleus but is process in the ______
Cytoplasm
What catalyzes transcription of DNA?
RNA polymerase (enzyme)
What is a promoter?
segment of DNA where transcription beings .
What is the process of transcription?
- RNA polymerase attaches to the DNA.
- The polymerase causes unwinding of about 2 turns of the DNA helix
- The polymerase moves along the DNA strand, temporarily unwinding and separating the two DNA strands at each stage of its movement.
- As it moves along, at each stage it adds a new activated RNA nucleotide to the end of the newly forming RNA chain.
What happens the mRNA strand is complete?
it leaves the nucleus and heads for the ribosomes in the cytoplasm
What does Uracil (RNA) bind to?
A (dna base)
What is the process of translation?
whereby the nucleotide sequence in mRNA molecule specifies the amino acid sequence of a protein.
What is the key regulatory step of translation?
whereby the nucleotide sequence in mRNA molecule specifies the amino acid sequence of a protein.
What carries out translation?
Ribosomes in the cytoplasm carry out translation
What is important about the small subunit of a ribosome?
- The small subunit of a ribosome has a binding site for mRNA
- The large subunit has 2 binding sites for tRNA
- P site & A site`
What is important about protein synthesis?
Forming the peptide bond requires the expenditure of ATP so protein synthesis is energetically expensive
How many RNA codons are there?
RNA 64 codons that specify specific amino acids
How do the ribosomes help with translation?
The ribosomes via “translation” produces proteins in the cell that result from the triplet sequencing decided by DNA- codons- (delivered by mRNA)- rRNA assembles the amino acids delivered by tRNA to make various proteins
What are the sequences of codons?
Sequence of 3 consecutive nucleotides that codes for a specific amino acid or signals the termination of gene translation
Review the in depth components of translation?
- ) An mRNA molecule binds to the small ribosomal subunit at the mRNA binding site. A special tRNA, called initiator tRNA, binds to start codon (AUG) on mRNA, where translation begins.
- )The large ribosomal subunit attaches to the small ribosomal subunit-mRNA complex, creating a functional ribosome. The initiator tRNA, with its amino acid, fits into the P site of the ribosome.
- ) The anticodon of another tRNA with its attached amino acid pairs with the 2nd mRNA codon at the A site of the ribosome.
- ) A component of the large ribosomal subunit catalyzes the formation of the peptide bond which separates from its tRNA at the P site, and the amino acid carried by the tRNA at the A site.
What happens during translation after formation?
the t-RNA at the P site detaches from the ribosome, and the ribosome shifts the mRNA strand by one codon
When does protein synthesis end?
when the ribosome reaches a stop condon at the A site. The completed protein then detaches from the final t-RNA.
What happens once mRNAs enter the cytoplasm?
they are translated, stored for later translation, or degraded
What are the end results of translation?
Proteins
(GROWTH AND MAINTENANCE, EZYMATIC REACTIONS, MESSENGERS: HORMONES, NEUROTRANSMITTERS, CELLULAR STRUCTURE: KERATIN, COLLOGEN, ELASTIN, ACID-BASE REGULATION (HEMOGLOBIN) , FLUID BALANCE
IMMUNOLOGY, TRANSPORT AND STORE NUTRIENTS
ENERGY SOURCE)
What is gene expression?
covers entire process from transcription in nucleus to formation of proteins in the cytosol- regulation can occur at points along the way
What is genetic code?
All of our cells have the genetic code (DNA) but the genetic expression is what determines a myocyte from a renal tubule