BIO-1801 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Start Codon, Central Dogma Of Molecular Biology, Reverse Transcriptase

Which of the following statements is true?

A.) Molecules of mRNA are translated from 3' to 5'

B.) For each amino acid found naturally in proteins, there is only one codon in the genetic code.

C.)The Shine-Dalgarno sequence is found in the promoters of genes in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms.

D.) During translation, both strands of DNA are used as templates for the construction of two new strands of protein.

E.) When considering the initiation of transcription one often finds consensus sequences, such as the TATA box, located in the region of the DNA where RNA polymerase(s) bind.

RNA has many different roles in gene expression. Check all thatapply.

mRNA defines the polypeptide to be formed

DNA defines the polypeptide to be formed

rRNA, along with proteins, forms the ribosome

mRNA delivers the appropriate amino acid to the ribosome

tRNA delivers the appropriate amino acid to the ribosome

Translation is appropriately named because the process transfersthe code from DNA to RNA, though in complementary fashion.

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The template strand is to the sense strand as the coding strandis to the antisense strand.

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The phenomenon symbolized by DNA → RNA → Protein is referred toas the Central Dogma because it is true for all organisms.

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The reading frame refers to the selection of the correct tripletof nucleotides by selecting the correct beginning point. If thebeginning point is wrong, all nucleotides will be clustered intothe wrong codons.

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Activating enzymes need to recognize only one anticodon.

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When we use DNA to code for a protein, we call the process Transcription and Translation. Below are descriptions of processes that happen when we use DNA to code for a protein. Match the description of each process with the correct term - either Transcription or Translation.

1.A ribosome reads the mRNA and builds a protein from amino acids.
2.A copy is made of a gene in RNA
3.The primary transcript is modified: introns are removed and the transcript gets a cap and a tail
4.tRNA carries amino acids to a ribosome
5.The DNA unwinds, exposing the gene to be copied.