The nucleotide sequence on the template strand of the gene. ACA b. The mRNA codon that results after this triplet code is transcribed. UCU c. The anticodon on the tRNA molecule that is complementary to the mRNA codon described above. AGA d. The amino acid that would be carried by the tRNA molecule described above.
DNA Review Questions 1. Examples of polymers that contain repeating units known as nucleotides are: a. Hemoglobin b. Starch c. Cellulose d. DNA e. Paints 2. How many different bases are associated with the makeup of DNA? a. Two b.
RNA primase lays the beginning for DNA Primase to begin laying down the nucleobases: Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine and Guanine. 3. Okazaki fragment from RNA primase a segment of the lagging strand during replication. 4. DNA ligase goes over all the small Okazaki segments and binds them into a new strand of DNA.
There has to be primers to start the synthesis at the 3’ end of the new strands. The RNA primers are later replaced with DNA. Leading & Lagging Strands DNA splits into 2 strands. The continuous strand (the leading strand), and the discontinuous strand (the lagging strand) that grows away from the replication fork. Death Cap Mushroom Transcription and Translation: mRNA is necessary to direct synthesis (transcription) of the polypeptides.
After a few nucleotides have been added, the primase is displaced by DNA polymerase, which can then add subunits to the 3’ end of the short RNA primer. Because DNA synthesis always proceeds in a 5’ to 3’ direction, one DNA strand (the lagging strand) must be synthesized discontinuously as short okazaki fragments. Each okazaki fragment is initiated by a separate RNA primer and then is extended toward the 5’ end of the previously synthesized fragment by DNA polymerase. When the RNA primer of the previously synthesized fragment is reached, the primer is degraded and replaced with DNA by the action of DNA polymerase. The fragments are then joined together by DNA ligase, an enzyme that links the 3’ OH of one DNA fragment to the 5’ phosphate of another, forming a phosphodiester linkage.
The bases used in DNA replication are adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G), and cytosine (C). In RNA, uracil (U) is used instead of thymine, but in this case, that is irrelevant. Generally, in a normal human being, A is matched up with T, and G is matched up with C to makeup the complementary base pairs. An important step in the initiation of the replication process is the binding of the RNA primase. This primase attracts the nucleotides that bind to the corresponding nucleotides of the 3’-5’ strand.
Nucleotides Nucleotides have three parts to them: • a phosphate group, which is negatively charged. • a pentose sugar, which has 5 carbon atoms in it. In RNA the sugar is ribose. In DNA the sugar is deoxyribose. • a nitrogenous base.
This is the restriction enzyme and acts as “molecular scissors” cuts the two DNA chains at a specific area in the genome so that sections of DNA can be supplemented or detached. A piece of RNA known as guide RNA is the second key molecule. This consists of pre-designed RNA quite small in length sequence, consisting of about 20 bases, positioned within a longer RNA scaffold. The scaffold binds to DNA and the pre-designed sequence ‘guides’ Cas9 to the right part of the genome. ensuring that the Cas9 enzyme intersects at the right point in the genome.
Proteins are formed through condensation reactions which bond amino acids together with peptide bonds in a particular sequence and the type of protein that is created is defined by the unique sequence of the amino acids. DNA and RNA are nucleic acids that are formed in the nucleotides and are both involved in the process of protein synthesis. Deoxyribonucleic acid, more commonly known as DNA, is located within the nucleus of the cell and contains the entire genetic code for an organism within its structure. DNA has two very important functions which are: to convey information from one generation of cells to the next by the process of DNA replication and to provide the information for the synthesis of proteins necessary for cellular function. Basically, DNA controls protein synthesis.
D) One strand is positively charged and the other is negatively charged. E) One strand contains only purines and the other contains only pyrimidines. 17) It became apparent to Watson and Crick after completion of their model that the DNA molecule could carry a vast amount of hereditary information in which of the following? AA A) sequence of bases B) phosphate-sugar backbones C) complementary pairing of bases D) side groups of nitrogenous bases E) different five-carbon sugars 37) What is the function of DNA polymerase III? CC A) to unwind the DNA helix during replication B) to seal together the broken ends of DNA strands C) to add nucleotides to the end of a growing DNA strand D) to degrade damaged DNA molecules E) to rejoin the two DNA strands (one new and one old) after replication 30) Eukaryotic telomeres replicate differently than the rest of the chromosome.