DNA AND RNA ARE MADE UP OF SMALLER MONOMERS CALLED: Nucleotides.
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DNA AND RNA ARE MADE UP OF
SMALLER MONOMERS CALLED:
Nucleotides
THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF DNA IS
TO:
Store & Transmit Genetic Info
A NUCLEOTIDE IS MADE UP OF:
Sugar, Phosphate, Base
FOLLOWING THE RULES OF BASE-PAIRING, WHICH
BASES MUST MATCH UP IN DNA?
A & T, C & G
THE BACKBONE OF DNA IS MADE OF
WHICH 2 SPECIFIC COMPONENTS?
Deoxyribose Sugars, Phosphate
THE TWO SCIENTISTS THAT WERE
CREDITED WITH ESTABLISHING THE
STRUCTURE OF DNA ARE:
Watson & Crick
WHO WAS THE SCIENTIST THAT
DISCOVERED THE AMOUNT OF A=T AND
THE AMOUNT OF C=G?
Chargaff
WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF RNA?
(YOU HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC)
Messenger, Transfer, Ribosomal
WHERE IS DNA FOUND?
Nucleus
THE TYPES OF BONDS FOUND BETWEEN THE
BASES IN DNA ARE:
Hydrogen Bonds
GENES CONTAIN INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSEMBLING WHAT?
Proteins!!!
WHAT IS THE TERM USED WHEN NEW DNA
IS MADE?
Replication
WHAT ARE THE STEPS IN REPLICATION?
SEE NEXT SLIDE…
STEPS IN REPLICATION
1. Unwind2. Unzip- (by breaking
hydrogen bonds b/t bases)3. Add complementary
nucleotides to each side4. Two new identical strands
of DNA
AT THE END OF REPLICATION, THERE
ARE 2 IDENTICAL STRANDS OF DNA-EACH WITH ONE OLD STRAND AND ONE NEW…WHAT IS
THIS CALLED?
Semi-Conservative
DURING DNA REPLICATION, THE STRAND: GATCCG WILL PRODUCE A
STRAND WITH WHAT BASES?
CTAGGC
WHAT IS THE SERIES OF THREE LETTERS
ON DNA CALLED?
Triplet
WHAT IS THE “TRIPLET” ON mRNA
CALLED?
Codon
WHAT ARE THE TWO STEPS IN PROTEIN
SYNTHESIS?
Transcription & Translation
PROTEINS ARE MADE UP OF:
Amino Acids
THE PROCESS BY WHICH mRNA IS MADE
IS CALLED:
Transcription
WHERE DOES TRANSCRIPTION TAKE
PLACE?
Nucleus
COMPLETE TRANSCRIPTION:
ACT AGG TAC
UGA UCC AUG
IN RNA, ADENINE (A) IS COMPLEMENTARY
TO WHICH BASE?
Uracil, U
WHERE ARE PROTEINS MADE?
Ribosome
TRANSFER RNA IS LIKE AN
“INTERPRETER” BECAUSE IT CARRIES
WHAT TO THE RIBOSOME?
Amino Acids
THE tRNA KNOWS WHICH AMINO ACID
TO CARRY BECAUSE IT READS WHAT?
mRNA codon
WHICH TYPE OF RNA CARRIES THE
INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING PROTEINS?
mRNA
WHAT IS A RIBOSOME MADE UP OF?
rRNA & protein
AMINO ACIDS ARE BONDED TOGETHER
WITH WHICH TYPE OF BOND?
Peptide
THIS IS A PICTURE OF:
Messenger RNA
WHAT ARE THESE PICTURES?
rRNA (and ribosome), tRNA
ALLCODONS FOR LYSINE:
AAA, AAG
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN
MAKING A PROTEIN?
Start codon—AUG
AMINO ACIDS FOR: AUGCCCAAAGUAUAG
Start-Proline-Lysine-Valine-Stop
ALLCODONS FOR SERINE:
AGC, AGU, UCU, UCC, UCA, UCG
AMINO ACIDS FOR:
AUGCCCGUAUAG
Start-Proline-Valine-Stop
Transcription
Start codon
Amino Acid
Nucleus
mRNA
tRNA
anticodon
translation
WHAT IS THIS PROCESS CALLED?