Protein Synthesis Study Cards

What type of bond links amino acids together in a protein?

peptide

Genes are located on what molecule?

DNA strand

What are the subunits of a protein called?

amino acids

A chain of amino acids is called

protein or polypeptide

Which enzyme adds RNA nucleotides one at a time when mRNA is copied from DNA?

RNA polymerase

A chain of amino acids folds into

a 3D protein

\___ is a section of DNA that codes for a protein

gene

What is the function of mRNA in protein synthesis?

carries a copy of a gene (segment of DNA)

What molecule does RNA polymerase produce?

mRNA

If a DNA strand reads TCA, what will its complimentary mRNA strand read?

AGU

Which molecule do you look up on the amino acid chart- tRNA or mRNA?

mRNA

On which molecule is a codon found?

mRNA

Where does transcription occur?

nucleus

Ribosome is the site of \____

translation

If mRNA reads AAU, what would the matching tRNA read?

UUA

What is the product of transcription?

mRNA (messenger RNA)

What ist he function of tRNA in protein synthesis?

carries the amino acids to the ribosome

What is transcription?

making mRNA from a segment (gene) of DNA

On which molecule is an anticodon found?

tRNA

A long strand of amino acids is called

polypeptide or protein

True or False: Thymine(T) is found in RNA

False

The 4 stages of making a protein in order

DNA, mRNA, tRNA, amino acids fold into protein

What is translation?

when mRNA is translated by a ribosome to a sequence of amino acids which we call a polypeptide or protein

What is the result if RNA polymerase is blocked and cannot attach the DNA strand?

mRNA would no form so neither would a protein