Protein Synthesis Flashcards
Function of RNA?
Transcribing and Translating the Genetic Code
Function of DNA?
Stores genetic materials
Structure of DNA?
Double Stranded Helix
Structure of RNA?
Single Stranded
What kind of sugar in DNA?
Sugar Deoxyribose
What kind of sugar in RNA?
Sugar Ribose
Code for DNA?
A,T,C,G
Code for RNA?
A,U,C,G
What does DNA mean?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
What does RNA mean?
Ribonucleic acid
What do you call the Adenine-Thymine pair?
Base
Fragments of DNA that are produced during the proccess of DNA replication?
Okakiza
Basic unit of hereditary?
Gene
The step of DNA replication where DNA polymerase creates new strand of nucleotide specifically paired to another nucleotide?
Elogation
What are proteins?
Composed of amino acids linked together by peptide bonds
What are the three (3) types of RNA?
Messenger RNA (mRNA)
Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)
Transfer RNA (tRNA)
Function of mRNA?
Transcribes the DNA nucleotide basis to RNA nucleotide bases
What is the function of rRNA?
Binds the mRNA and tRNA to ensure that codons are translated correctly
What is the function of tRNA?
Translates the mRNA codons into the correct amino acids
What are the 2 types of protein synthesis?
Transcription
Translation
What is the unzipping enzyme?
Helicase
What is the initializer enzyme?
The primase
What is the builder enzyme?
The DNA polymerase
What is the gluer enzyme?
The Ligase
What are the 3 major steps of DNA replication?
Initiator
Elogation
Termination
What are the agents of mutation in the DNA sequence?
(There’s only one)
The mutagens
2 classification of mutation?
Genetic and Chromosomal
Small-scale mutation is?
Genetic
Large-scale of mutation is?
Chromosomal
Permanent change of nucleotide sequence of the genome of an organism, virus, extra chromosomal DNA, or other genetic element is?
Mutation
What is Point Mutation?
The change of a single nitrogen base in a DNA sequence.
What is the least harmful type of DNA mutation?
Point Mutation
What are the three major types of point mutation that occur by substitution?
Silent mutation,
Missense mutation, and
Nonsense mutation
Silent mutation is?
The types of change that do not alter the sequence of a protein
Missense mutation is?
That results in the replacement of one nucleotide by another
The change of nucleotide causes the replacement of a codon specifying an amino acid by stop codon. That results in the production of a truncated protein is?
The nonsense mutaion
Much more serious and often deadly than point mutation. Even if a single nitrogen base is affected is?
The Frame-shift mutation
2 types of Frame-shift mutation?
Insertion, and Deletion
The process where RNA is made from the DNA by copying the base sequence of the double helix stranded DNA into a piece of a single stranded nucleic acid is?
Transcription
The transcription of DNA to form RNA takes place in the?
Cell’s nucleus
During transcription, a strand of mRNA is made that correponds to?
A strand of DNA
The genetic information of the DNA is used as the origin to form mRNA by the transcription process is called?
Translation
Amino acids are grouped as?
Essential and non-essential amino acids
Amino acids are those which?
The human body is capable of synthesizing
Essential amino acids must be?
obtained from the diet (food)