Protein Synthesis Flashcards

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1
Q

Whats one of the things Proteins do?

A

Carry Oxygen!

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2
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How many pieces of oxygen can a Hemoglobin carry?

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280 Million

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3
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Where does glucose go to be utilized?

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The mitochondria

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4
Q

Where is DNA

A

Nucleus

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5
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Where are proteins made?

A

Ribosomes

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6
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Where are ribosomes made?

A

In the nucleolus!

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7
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After ribosomes are made, where do they go?

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To the Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum.

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8
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How does DNA become a protein?

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9
Q

What codes for protein synthesis

A

DNA

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10
Q

What are proteins made of

A

Amino Acids

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11
Q

How many genes are in each human?

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22,000 genes in each human

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12
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Genes are ________

A

Proteins!

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13
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How amino acids are needed for humans?

A

20

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14
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How many amino acids does your body create?

A

10

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15
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Where do you get the other 10 of your amino acids?

A

From food!!

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16
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How many bases are needed to code for an amino acid?

A

3 bases called a codon

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17
Q

What is the site of protein synthesis?

A

Ribosomes!

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18
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How does info get out of the nucleus?

A

Messenger is RNA (mRNA)

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19
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What is RNA

A

Ribonucleic Acid

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20
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DNA and RNA nucleotide both have

A

PHOSPHATE

21
Q

RNA structure

A

Phosphate
Ribose
Uracil substitutes for Thymine

22
Q

DNA Structure

A

Phosphate
Deoxyribose
Thymine

23
Q

Ribosomes DNA is called

A

rRNA

24
Q

Transwer RNA does what

A

Transfers amino acids

25
Q

Adenine is in

A

DNA and RNA

26
Q

Cytosine is in

A

DNA and RNA

27
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Guanine is in

A

DNA and RNA

28
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Thymine is found in

A

DNA

29
Q

Uracil is found in

A

RNA

30
Q

You can tell if it’s DNA or RNA because

A

RNA is a single strand, DNA is 2

31
Q

What are the two names of DNA strands?

A

Sense strand and non-sense strand

32
Q

Which strand is copied?

A

Sense Strand

33
Q

Transcription is

A

Replication of RNA

34
Q

What is the end product of translation?

A

Protein

35
Q

mRNA finds a ribosome then

A

The codon on the mRNA looks for a anticodon from the tRNA.

36
Q

Codon from mRNA finds anticodon from tRNA then what

A

Ribosome begins making protein

37
Q

Where does the tRNA get it’s amino acids?

A

Cytoplasm

38
Q

PolyPeptide bond

A

Amino acids strung together (A protein)

39
Q

Mutation

A

Any mistake or change in the DNA sequence

40
Q

Chromosomal Mutations

A

Change in the chromosomes

41
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The larger the chromsome

A

The more information it carries

42
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Chromosomal mutations dont only affect 1 chromsome

A

It affects many

43
Q

Nondisjunction

A

Failure of chromosomes to separate properly

44
Q

Trisomy

A

Extra Chromosome

45
Q

Trisomy 21

A

Down Syndrome

46
Q

Triploidy

A

1 complete extra set

47
Q

How many chromosomes does a triploid have?

A

69

48
Q

Monosomy

A

Lacking a single Chromosome

49
Q

What happens to a triploidy

A

Everything bad that can happen will happen