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17 Cards in this Set
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in genetic the nucleotide language of _____ is translated into the amino acid language of protiens?
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mRNA
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the genetic informaiton is coded within mRNA in groups of three nucleotides known as _______?
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codons
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specifies methionine and is also called the start codon?
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AUG
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terminaiton or stop codons?
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UAA, UAG, and UGA
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the code is ______, which means that more than one codon can specify the same protein
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degenerate
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this means that more than one codon can specify the same amino acid. for example, the condons GGU, GGC, GGA, and GGG all specify the amino acid glycine. such codons are termed ____ codons?
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synonymous
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in most instances, the third base in the codon is the bose that varies. this third base is sometimes referred to as the ____ base?
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wobble
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within the cell the protein will not be in a linear shape. how will it be found?
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compact 3-D shape and folding begins during translation
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nonpolar amino acids are ______?
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hydrophobic
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non polar and _____ amino acids are HYDROPHILIC?
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charged
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the primary structure of a protein folds to form regular repeating shapes known as _______ _______?
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secondary structures
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two types of seconday strcutures?
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alpha helix and beta sheets
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how are they stabilized?
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hydrogen bonds
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the short regions of secondary structure in a protein fold into a three dimensional ______ structure?
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tertiary
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the final conformation of proteines that are composed of a single polypeptides
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tertiary
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proteins made up of two or more polypeptides have a ______ structure?
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quarternary
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a fucntional protein has what structure?
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quarternary
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