Protein Synthesis Flashcards
What are proteins made up of?
Chains of molecules called amino acids
Define protein
Define amino acid
What differentiates between proteins?
Different number and order of amino acids
What is a base triplet?
A sequence of three bases in a gene which code for an amino acid
What does it mean for a region of DNA to be non-coding?
Define Codon
What does the order of bases in DNA tell us?
The order for combining amino acids to create a particular protein
How can we change the protein made by a gene?
Alter the sequence of bases in that gene
Because the order of amino acids changes how a protein folds together, affecting its structure and function
Give the two stages of protein synthesis in order
Transcription
Translation
What is mRNA?
What is RNA polymerase?
What does RNA polymerase do?
At the beginning of transcription, what is unzipped?
The double stranded DNA
