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organic compounds are composed of molecules that contain

Carbon and Hydrogen


CH4

the strongest chemical bond

covalent bonds

Watson and Crick are

often credited for the discovery of the structure of dna

Rosalind Franklin

should have been credited


-first to see double helix pattern with her x ray crystallography


- her work was borrowed


- watson and crick recieved noble prize

watson only ever mentioned franklin

in his book and made sexism remarks calling her rosy and saying she didnt dress up her feminine qualitites

____ stores the info that cells need to produce proteins

dna

dna

sstores the info that cells need to produce proteins

dna is composed of

nucleotide monomers

nucleotide monomers make up

dna

a binds with

t

c binds with

g

_______ connect complementary dna strands

hydrogen bonds

hydrogen bonds connect

complementary dna strands

special types of covalent bonds

connect a sugar backbone to a nitrogenous base

this connects a sugar backbone to a nitrogenous base

special types of covalent bonds

nucleotide is made up of

phosphate group


deoxyribose


nitrogenous base

protein production starts with

dna

gene

a sequence of dna that encodes a specific protein


-each gene codes for one protein

each gene codes for

one protein

a sequence of dna that encodes a specific protein

gene

protein productions two stages

transcription and translation

transcription occurs in

nucleus

transcription occurs in

cytoplasm

chromosomes have

multiple genes

genes make up

chromosomes

rna copies one gene from

chromosome

you add amino acids to the

rna copy of one gene from chromosome to make a protein

_______ produces an rna molecule that is complementary to dna

transcription

transcription

produces an rna molecule tat is complementary to dna

in translation

the info in rna is used to make a protein

the info in rna is used to make a protein in

translation

difference between dna and rna

dna=


-deoxyribose (H)


-Thymine (T)


-double stranded


-stores rna and protein encoding info, transfers info to next generation of cells


RNA=


-ribose (OH)


-single stranded


-uracil (U)


-carries protein encoding info, helps make proteins, catalyzes some reactions

-deoxyribose (H)


-Thymine (T)


-double stranded


-stores rna and protein encoding info, transfers info to next generation of cells

DNA

stores rna and protein encoding info, transfers info to next generation of cells

DNA

deoxyribose

dna

ribose

rna

-ribose (OH)


-single stranded


-uracil (U)


-carries protein encoding info, helps make proteins, catalyzes some reactions

rna

carries protein encoding info, helps make proteins, catalyzes some reactions

rna

ribose

rna

____ plays an important role in protein production

rna

three types of rna interact to produce proteins

1.messenger rna (mRNA)


2.transfer rna (tRNA)


3.ribosomal rna (rRNA)

1.messenger rna (mRNA)


2.transfer rna (tRNA)


3.ribosomal rna (rRNA)

the three types of rna molecules that interact to produce proteins

the main function of dna is to

encode proteins

relationship between a gene and a protein

a gene codes for one protein, a rna molecule copies gene which then goes through translation and becomes a protein

______ uses dna to create rna

transcription

a in dna molecule binds with ___ in rna molecule

U

transcription has 3 steps

initiation


elongation


termination

initiation


elongation


termination


transcriptions 3 steps

initiation

rna polymerase enzyme is in front of dna split

elongation

rna polymerase enzyme is inside dna split with rna molecule binding to dna molecule

termination

rna polymerase enzyme is leaving the dna strand

initiation

rna polymerase binds to promoter (beginning of the gene)


-enzymes unzip the dna



_______ of ____ rna polymerase binds to promoter

initiation of transcription

rna polymerase binds to the promotor at

initiation in transcription

__ unzip the dna

enzymes

the _________ encodes the rna molecule

dna template strand

the dna template strand

encodes the rna molecule

elongation in transcription

rna polymerase moves along the template strand, making an rna copy

rna polymerase moves along the template strand, making an rna copy in this

elongation in transcription

termination in transcription

rna polymerase reaches the termintor (end of the gene)


-rna, dna, and rna polymerase seperate


-dna becomes a double helix again


rna polymerase reaches the terminator in

termination step of transcription

rna, dna, and rna polymerase seperate in

termination step of transcription

dna becomes a double helix again in this

termination step of transcription

rna is processed in

the nucleus

how rna is processed in the nucleus

poly a tail and mrna cap are added to the rna

what is added to the rna when processed in the nucleus

poly a tail and mrna cap

_______ are then spliced out in processing of rna for export out of nucleus

introns

mature rna is composed of

only exons

from dna to rna

-transcription


-addition of poly a tail and mrna cap

mature rna is transported out of nucleus to

a ribosome in cytoplasm for translation

during splicing

introns are removed from rna molecule


-occurs in processing of rna in nucleus

how is mrna modified before it leaves the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell

it gets a poly a tail and an mrna cap


-introns are removed during splicing

translation

builds the protein

______ builds the protein

translation

translation occurs in the

cytoplasm

process of building a protein from dna

dna (transcription) mrna (translation) protein

3 nucleotides form a

codon

codon

made up of 3 nucleotides

codons bind to form

polypeptides

polypeptide

an amino acid sequence

codon is

3 nucleotide sequence that encodes for one amino acid

a 3 nucleotide sequence that encodes for one amino acid

a codon

the ____ shows which mrna codons correspond with which amino acids

genetic code

translation uses

genetic code

stop codons

UAA


UAG


UGA

mutations in a gene do/do not always cause changes in that trait for an organism

NOT


-because multiple codons can code for an amino acid

_____ molecules translate the genetic code

tRNA


transfer rna

tRNA binds to mRNA codon at

anticodon


-top

tRNA binds to corresponding amino acid at

amino acid binding site


-bottom

anticodon

where mRNA codon binds with tRNA

binding site

where tRNA binds with amino acid

translation occurs in 3 steps and occur at

initiation


elongation


termination


-ribosome

all of the steps of translation occur at

ribosome

____ occurs at ribosome

all steps of translation

initiation of translation

- small ribosomal subunit binds to mRNA


-large ribosomal subunit binds


-first tRNA molecule binds

when it looks like a zipper it is

transcription

in translation

small ribosomal subunit takes a codon and makes anticodon which codes for an amino acid which begins to form tRNA and polypeptide

tRNA binds complementary base pairs to mRNA

in translation

tRNA already carries and amino acid

met


codon= uac

start codon in mRNA

AUG

AUG is

start codon in mRNA

start codon in tRNA is

UAC

UAC amino acid is

met

elongation in translation

second tRNA enters the ribosome next to the first tRNA, first tRNA then leaves ribosome, ribosome moves to the right and third tRNA enters


-amino acids covalently bond

_____ covalently bond during elongation in translation

amino acids

second tRNA enters the ribosome next to first tRNA, first tRNA then leaves, ribosome moves to the right and then a third tRNA comes in,


in

elongation in translation

covalent bond

line between amino acids

hydrogen bonds

line between a and u or c and g or a and t


between complementary dna strands

amino acids remain bonded regardless of the

dispossal of trna

termination in translation

-ribosome reaches stop codon


-release factor protein binds


-polypeptide(collection of amino acids) detaches from mRNA and folds into a functional protein

polypeptide detaches from mRNA and folds into a functional protein in

termination step of translation

a release factor protein binds in

termination step of translation

translation is efficient when

multiple ribosomes attach to and mRNA molecule simultaneously

when multiple ribosomes attach to and mRNA molecule simultaneously

translation is efficient

mrna is

string

ribosome is

ball on string

polypeptide is

ball strand off of ribosome

the longer the polypeptide the

longer the ribosome has been on the mRNA molecule

protein synthesis is

highly regulated

protein synthesis

requires lots of energy

cells save energy by only producing

needed proteins

prokaryotes and eukaryotes regulate protein synthesis

but in different ways

mutations change

dna

a mutation is

a change in a cells dna sequence

a change in a cells dna sequence

mutation

differnt types of mutations

addition


deletion


substititution


frameshift

point mutation

changes one or a few base pairs in a gene

changes one or a few base pairs in a gene

point mutation

wildtype

original nucleotide sequence

original nucleotide sequence

wildtype

substitution mutation

changed a nucleotide or nucleotides

changed a nucleotide or nucleotides

substitution mutation

wildtype- aug gua tau


mutation-aug guc tua

substitution mutation

deletion mutation

nucleotide or tides are deleted

nucleotides are deleted it is

deletion mutation

insetion mutation

nucleotide or tides added

nucleotide or tides added is

insertion mutation

frameshift mutation

one mutation affects multiple codons


-addition of one nucleotide changes every codon after the insertion

in this mutation addition of one nucleotide changes every codon after the insertion

frameshift mutation

mutation with the biggest impact

frame shift mutation

deletion or insertion of three nucleotides

do not cause frameshift mutation

how is sickle cell disease formed

a single base substitution in a hemoglobin gene causes blood cells to form abnormally

mutations create

different versions of alleles

different versions of alleles are created by

mutation

alternative versions of the same gene

allele

allele

alternative version of the same gene

mutations do not always cause harm to a trait an organism has because

there are alleles

deletion, addition, framshift, and substitution are all

point mutations

viruses are

genes wrapped in a protein coat

genes wrapped in a protein coat

virus

viruses attach to host, penetrate cell and release dna, host

transcribes and translates viral dna as if it were its own, new viruses assemble, viruses leave the cell

cells will express foreign dna as if it were their own is

true

vaccines

teach your immune system to recognize a virus

antiviral drugs are difficult to produce because

of viruses high mutation rate

antibiotics

do not work against viruses

complimentary base pairing works by

a-t in dna


a-u in dna to rna


c-g


g-c


-connected by hydrogen bonds

atgc


dna to rna

uacg

how does a protein get made

genes in dna are copied which makes mRNA strand through transcription which occurs in nucleus, before leaving nucleus mRNA is spliced of its introns and gets a poly a tail and a mrna cap, in translation which occurs in the cytoplasm, the mrna binds with trna which has codons which code for amino acids which form a polypeptide, the polypeptide then folds into a functioning protein

mutations

a change in a cells dna

role of rna polymerase enzyme

transcription


-creates rna molecule from dna strand

dna is stored in the cell in its

nucleus

dna and rna differences

deoxyribose and ribose


double stranded and single stranded


T and U


main function of dna

to encode for proteins

three stop codons

UAA


UAG


UGA