SECTION 12-3 RNA AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS. RNA STRUCTURE SINGLE STRAND MADE OF A LONG CHAIN OF...
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SECTION 12-3
RNA AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
RNA STRUCTURE
SINGLE STRAND MADE OF A LONG CHAIN OF
NUCLEOTIDES RNA NUCLEOTIDE IS MADE OF A
NITROGEN BASE, A PHOSPHATE GROUP AND THE 5 CARBON SUGAR, RIBOSE
3 WAYS THAT RNA DIFFERS FROM DNA
5-CARBON SUGAR IS RIBOSE SINGLE-STRAND CONTAINS THE NITROGEN BASE URACIL
INSTEAD OF THYMINE (A PAIRS WITH U) 4 NITROGEN BASES ARE ADENINE,
URACIL, CYTOSINE & GUANINE
TYPES OF RNA
MESSENGER RNA mRNA TRANSFER RNA (tRNA) RIBOSOMAL RNA (rRNA) MESSENGER RNA – READS, COPIES AND
CARRIES THE INFORMATION IN DNA TRANSFER RNA – TRANSFERS EACH AMINO
ACID TO THE RIBOSOME AS SPECIFIED BY MESSENGER RNA
RNA
RIBOSOMAL RNA – PART OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE RIBOSOME
RIBOSOMES ARE THE SITE OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
TRANSCRIPTION
OCCURS IN THE NUCLEUS M RNA READS & COPIES INFO IN DNA; RNA POLYMERASE IS THE ENZYME
USED IN TRANSCRIPTION OCCURS VERY QUICKLY – PROCEEDS
AT A RATE OF 60 NUCLEOTIDES PER SECOND.
TRANSCRIPTION
RNA POLYMERASE BINDS TO DNA AT A PROMOTER-A SPECIFIC SEQUENCE OF DNA THAT ACTS AS A START SIGNAL FOR TRANSCRIPTION
RNA POLYMERASE SEPARATES THE DNA STRANDS
USING ONE STRAND OF DNA AS A TEMPLATE TO ASSEMBLE RNA NUCLEOTIDES INTO A STRAND OF MESSENGER RNA
TRANSCRIPTION
ENDS WHEN A TERMINATOR IS REACHED
THE NEW STRAND OF MESSENGER RNA LEAVES THE NUCLEUS AND MOVES TO THE CYTOPLASM
THE DNA MOLECULE REASSEMBLES ITSELF INTO THE DOUBLE HELIX
TRANSLATION STEP 2 OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
DURING TRANSLATION, THE INFORMATION IN MESSENGER RNA IS TRANSLATED INTO A PROTEIN BY USE OF THE GENETIC CODE.
THE GENETIC CODE
THE LANGUAGE OF MESSENGER RNA INSTRUCTIONS
CONTAINS THE AMINO ACIDS AND START AND STOP SIGNALS, OR CODONS, THAT ARE CODED FOR BY MESSENGER RNA.
MESSENGER RNA & THE GENETIC CODE
MESSENGER RNA CONTAINS CODONS WHICH ARE THE THREE-BASE SEQUENCES ONLY IN MESSENGER RNA.
THERE ARE 64 POSSIBLE THREE BASE CODONS.
VOCABULARY – GENETIC CODE
THE GENETIC CODE CONTAINS START AND STOP CODONS.
START CODON – AUG; TELLS TRANSLATION TO START
STOP CODON – UAA, UAG, UGA; TELLS TRANSLATION TO STOP
TRANSLATION
TAKES PLACE IN THE CYTOPLASM ON THE RIBOSOME
IS THE DECODING OF A MESSENGER RNA INTO A POLYPEPTIDE CHAIN
TRANSLATION
BEGINS WHEN A MESSENGER RNA MOLECULE ATTACHES TO THE RIBOSOME
AS EACH CODON OF M-RNA MOVES THROUGH THE RIBOSOME,THE CORRECT AMINO ACID IS ATTACHED TO THE GROWING POLYPEPTIDE CHAIN BY T-RNA
TRANSLATION
TRANSFER RNA CARRIES THE ANTICODON-THE 3-BASE SEQUENCE THAT IS COMPLEMENTARY TO THE M-RNA CODON
EXAMPLE: M-RNA – CUG; T-RNA IS GAC. THE ANTI-CODON SPECIFIES A SPECIFIC
AMINO ACID
TRANSLATION
CONTINUES UNTIL A STOP CODON IS REACHED ON THE M-RNA MOLECULE
NEWLY FORMED POLYPEPTIDE IS RELEASED INTO THE CYTOPLASM
POLYPEPTIDE = PROTEIN – A CHAIN OF AMINO ACIDS LINKED BY PEPTIDE BONDS.
TRANSLATION
THE RIBOSOMES AND TRANSFER RNA CAN BE USED IN THE MAKING OF ANOTHER PROTEIN;
THEY ARE RECYCLED.
NECESSARY VOCABULARY
PROTEINS – CHAINS OF AMINO ACIDS AMINO ACIDS – 20 DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL
UNITS THAT FORM PROTEINS POLYPEPTIDE – LONG CHAINS OF PROTEINS CODONS – 3 BASE SEQUENCE IN MESSENGER
RNA THAT DETERMINES WHICH AMINO ACID IS ADDED TO THE POLYPEPTIDE
VOCABULARY
ANTI-CODON – 3 BASE SEQUENCE ON A TRANSFER RNA MOLECULE WHICH ARE COMPLEMENTARY TO ONE OF THE MESSENGER RNA CODONS.
START CODON – AUG; TELLS TRANSLATION TO START
STOP CODON – UAA, UAG, UGA; TELLS TRANSLATION TO STOP
GENES
CODED DNA INSTRUCTIONS THAT CONTROL THE PRODUCTION OF PROTEINS WITHIN THE CELL
MOST GENES CONTAIN LITTLE MORE THAN INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSEMBLING PROTEINS