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List the names of the scientists who are giving credit for discovering the structure of DNA

James Watson and Francis Crick

What type of macromolecules are DNA and RNA

Nucleic acids

What is the shape of a DNA molecule

Double helix

What does DNA stand for?

Deoxyribonucleic acid

Nucleotides are the basic building blocks of what

DNA

List 3 parts of a nucleotide that are used to make DNA molecules

5 carbon sugar


Deoxyribose


Phosphoric acid

List for nitrogen bases found in DNA nucleotides

Guanine cytosine thymine adenine

Which part of DNA is nucleotide named after

Nucleic acid

What type of chemical bonds holds left and right side of DNA together

Hydrogen bonds

What are nitrogen base pairing rules for DNA

Guanine bonds with cytosine and adenine bonds with thymine

What would be the base sequence on a complementary strand ACC TGG AGAIN CTA

TGG CAAN TCT GAT

During which step of interphase does DNA replication occur?

S phase

Explain what is a gene

A specific order or sequence of DNA base (nucleotides) on one strafe that codes for a specific protein to be made

Where does DNA replication occur

Nucleus

In 3 steps describe how DNA replication in a living cell to make an exact copy of the original chromosome

1. The enzyme helicase unzips the DNA in the nucleus


2. Free nucleotides move into the nucleus fasten onto the complementary bases of each strand



3. New nucleotides form a complete complementary strand exactly like the old one

Why does everyone new copy of a chromosome contain one old strand of DNA connected to a new strand

Due to the base pairing rules the old strand of DNA forces the new strand to not only be complementary but also an exact copy of the strand it is replacing

What us a mutation

A change in the basement sequence of a gene on the DNA molecule sometimes resulting in the production of a different protein

What does RNA stand for

Ribonucleic acid

List 3 chemical parts of RNA

1. Ribose


2. Phosphoric acid


3. One of the 4 nitrogen containing bases


List 4 nitrogen bases in rna

Guanine cytosine ucacil adenine

What are the base pairing rules for rna molecule bonds

Guanine bonds with cytosine and adenine bonds with uracil

What is the difference between Deoxyribose sugar and ribose sugar

Deoxyribose sugar has one less oxygen atom

List the 4 difference between DNA and RNA

DNA has a double helix while rna has a single helix. DNA has Deoxyribose sugar while rna has ribose sugar. DNA has adenine-thymine while rna has adenine uracil. DNA stays in the nucleus and RNA leaves the nucleus

List 3 types of rna

mRNA tRNA and rRNA

What's a codon

Each group of three bases on the mRNA that will specify a specific amino acid which will be used to build a protein.

tRNA contains anticodon. What's an anticodon

A group of 3 bases, complements the codon of the mRNA

What is the main function of the tRNA molecule

Transferring, bringing in the amino acids used to build a protein

List 2 molecules that together make a ribosomes

mRNA tRNA

Define transcription

The copying of A genetic message from a strand of DNA into a molecule of mRNA

Where does transcription take place

Nucleus

During transcription DNA nucleotides must bond with RNA nucleotides. What are the base pairing rules for DNA to rna nucleotides?

DNA nucleotide guanine bonds with RNA nucleotide cytosine and vise versa.


DNA nucleotide adenine bonds with RNA nucleotide thymine. DNA nucleotide thymine bonds with RNA nucleotide adenine.



In 3 steps describe process of transcription

1. DNA strands in the nucleus unwind, hydrogen bonds between bases are broken, exposes Gene, a specific sequence or order of bases.



2. Gene's sequence of bases is copied by making a strand of mRNA, using RNA controlled by enzyme polymerase.



3. The sequence of bases, also called the codons on the mRNA carries the genetic code from the DNA

Does the entire DNA molecule unwind in order for transcription to take place. Explain what happens.

No, only the section that has the general that will be transcripted into the mRNA

Which enzyme controls transcription

Polymerase

One mRNA is made in transcription where does it go now?

Translation

Define translation

The process by which the information coded in mRNA is used for the assembly of a particular protein using the genetic code

What macromolecules is the basic building blocks of proteins

Amino acids

Where does translation take place

Cytoplasm

In 5 steps describe translation

1. mRNA leaves the nucleus traveling to the cytosol or the endoplasmic reticulum to find a ribosome.



2. Within the cytoplasm, amino acid molecules become attached to their specific tRNA molecules- determined by their anticodon.



3. tRNA with the right anticodon temporarily joins (by hydrogen bonds) with the corresponding codon on the mRNA.



4. The amino acid brought into position by the tRNA joins the last amino acid in the chain and then separates from the tRNA.



5. As the ribosome moves along, the tRNA that has delivered the last amino acid us released when it's amino acid is bonded to the polypeptide.

What is the name of the type of chemical bonds that holds together the amino acids to make a polypeptide

Dehydration synthesis

CUA AGA GUU ACC

GAU UCU CAA UGG

List 3 main reasons why one protein created during translation different from other proteins

1. Made in different order


2. Different # of amino acids


3. Cross-bonding

Define genetic code

The rules for how the 3base codon sequences found on the mRNA molecules calls for a specific amino acid which will be used to create a polypeptide

Explain genetic code universal

Because every living thing uses the same genetic code

Explain why a mutation in the sequence of nucleotides of a gene may or may not change the protein made during translation

Not all base mutations will change the protein produced but a change in the amino acids found in a protein will cause the protein to have a different shapes and may change the ability of the molecule to function properly.