Translation Flashcards
ribosomes read the genetic message in mRNA and produce a polypeptide chain
translation
immediate product of translation
polypeptide chain
translation machinery
- mRNA
- tRNA
- ribosomes
- protein factors
translation in prokaryotes
- initiation, elongation, termination
- control
- antibiotics
translation in eukaryotes
- initiation, elongation, termination
- control
- protein targeting
- post-translational modifications
- template for translation
- open reading frame
mRNA
start codon
AUG
open reading frame
start codon -> stop codon
correspondence between the mRNA/codon and amino acid
genetic code
genetic code is the correspondence between what?
- mRNA/codon
- amino acid
Properties of the genetic code
- almost universal
- degenerate
- contiguous
- unambiguous
the same for all organisms with few exceptions
universal
there is more than one codon for some amino acids
degenerate
codons do not overlap and have no spacers in between
contiguous
each codon specify only one amino acid
unambiguous
non-standard base pair can form between third base of codon and first base of anticodon
wobble hypothesis
wobble hypothesis
non-standard base pair between 3rd base codon and 1st base anticodon
what is reduced in wobble hypothesis
no. of tRNAs needed to read
wobble hypothesis:
in mRNA, __ in the wobble position can pair with __ in the tRNA anticodon
G - wobble
U/C - tRNA anticodon
wobble hypothesis:
in tRNA, __ in the wobble position can pair with __ in the tRNA anticodon
inosine - wobble
U/C/A - mRNA codon
contain multiple open reading frame
polycistronic
- AGGAGGU
- found upstream from the start codon
- prokaryotes
Shine-Dalgarno sequence
Shine-Dalgarno sequence
AGGAGGU
contain single ORF
monocistronic mRNA
protect and stabilize eukaryotic mRNA
- 5’ cap
- polyA tail
- transfers amino acid to the ribosome
- adaptor molecule
- its anticodon decodes the codon in the mRNA
tRNA