Protein Synthesis & Protein Function (Exam III) Flashcards
Eukaryotic translation is driven by
Ribosomes
What type of structures are ribosomes
Multimeric
What rRNAs are involved in eukaryotic translation (4)
28S, 18S, 5.8S, 5S
Ribosomal machinery is assembled within the
nucleolus (inside the nucelus)
What is unique about the nucleolus
Not a membrane-bound structure
Serves as guide RNAs to direct specific modifications of the rRNAs
SnoRNAs (small nucleolar RNAs)
In eukaryotic translation the modifications on the 2-OH positions on the nucleotide ribose sugar include:
Around 100 methylations of the 2-OH position
In eukaryotic translation, what modification occurs to uridine nucleotides creating pseudouridine
Around 100 isomerizations
Ribosomes found moving anywhere in the cytosol - not fond in nucleus and other organelles
Free ribosomes
If the protein being made contains an endoplasmic reticulum targeting sequence, then the ribosome is associated with the:
Rough ER
Ribosomes associated with the rough ER are considered
Membrane-bound ribosomes
There is a very specific ______ pathway associated with proteins made in the ribosomes of the RER
Secretory
Read by the ribosomal machine as a triplet of sequential nucleotides (codon)
Messenger RNA
Where does translation start?
5’ end of the mRNA
In order for a protein to be made we need a tRNA that has a ________ that basepairs with the codons of mRNA
Anticodon
TRNAs are “charged” by the addition of a specific ______ that corresponds to that codon
amino acid
The aminoacyl tRNA is created by the action of enzymes called
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases
Protein translation uses base pairing between:
The codon (in mRNA) and the anticodon (in tRNA)
There is _____ for each codon-anticodon pair
TRNA
Steps of translation (4)
1- activation
2- initiation
3- elongation
4- termination
Step of translation: formation of aminoacyl-tRNAs
activation
Step of translation: binding of ribosome to 5’ end of mRNA and subsequent binding of initiator Met-tRNA
Initiation
Step of translation: synthesis of the peptide chain
Elongation
Step of translation: synthesis stops and peptide (protein) is released from the ribosome
Termination
The third base in the anticodon triplet (3’ base of the codon) is the lease important for base pairing and generates:
The wobble position
Translation starts with the AUG codon in mRNA which in about 90% of cases is the _______ in the mRNA
First AUG
AUG codes for
Methionine
Generally speaking how many stop codons is necessary to termination translation
2
A small ribosomal subunit attaches to the 5’ end of mRNA due to recognition of the:
5’ cap structure
The small ribosomal subunit moves along the mRNA until it encounters the first methionine codone where the _____ will bind
Met-tRNA and the large ribosomal subunit
Aminoacyl-tRNAs bind in the ______ site of the ribosome
A site (aminoacyl-site)
The ribosome move 5’ to 3’ along the mRNA. As the ribosome moves, the Met-tRNA is simultaneously shifted to the _____ site
P site (peptide site)
After the Met-tRNA is shifted to the P site, the _____ is now open for the next aminoacul-tRNA corresponding to the next codon to bind
A site
The process of translation largely uses what form of energy
GTP
Type of bond formed between the Met-tRNA and the new aminoacyl-tRNA in the A site
Peptide bond
When the peptide bond is formed between the Met-tRNA and the aminoacyl-tRNA this forms a ______ in the A site and a ______ tRNA in the P site
Dipeptide
Empty
Once the dipeptide is formed, leaving an empty tRNA in the P site, the ribosome then moves simultaneously discharging the empty tRNA and shifting the peptide into the:
P site
Once a stop codon is encountered, termination of the polypeptide chain involved _____ of the ester bond which releases the protein
Hydrolysis
Many antibiotics target
Transcription or translation