Transfer and Ribosomal RNAs

Question 1

What allows tRNAs and rRNAs to fold into specific conformations that are required for their function?

Question 2

what is the typical length of tRNAs?

Question 3

how many tRNAs are there and what is it encoded by?

Question 4

what do tRNAs contain? what are nonstandard bases?

Question 5

what are the two regions of a tRNA?

Question 6

What are tRNAs with the same anticodon always linked to?

Question 7

what is the tRNA that is linked to an amino acid called?

Question 8

what it the covalent link between the tRNA and the appropriate amino acid created by?

Question 9

how many different aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are there?

Question 10

what are aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase’s specific for?

Question 11

what is the process called when an amino acid is attached to a tRNA called?

Question 12

what is a tRNA called without an attached amino acid?

Question 13

Are there fewer tRNA’s than codons, yes or no? why?

Question 14

how many bases are in a codon? how are they numbered?

Question 15

how is the pairing for codon and anticodons?

Question 16

how is the paring like for the first two codons different than the last pairing?

Question 17

what is it called when a base of an anticodon has the ability to pair with more than one base in the third position of a codon called?

Question 18

what is the wobble position?

Question 19

what is a major component of ribosomes?

Question 20

what does a ribosome do?

Question 21

how many parts are a ribosome made up of and what do they do?

Question 22

what are ribosome sizes indicated in?

Question 22

what are ribosome sizes indicated in?

Question 23

what are bacterial ribosomes in the svedberg units? and what is made up of?

Question 24

what are eukaryotic ribosomes in the svedberg units? and what is made up of?

Question 25

what are the three sites that are capable of attaching a ribosome to tRNA?

Question 26

what is the small subunit of the ribosome have the ability to attach to?