BM109: Encoding and Decoding

what can cause many of the inborn errors in metabolism

absence of particular enzymes

what does neurospora have metabolic pathways for the synthesis of

• carbohydrates

• fats

• nucleic acids

• amino acids

what are biosynthetic pathways dependant on

enzymes within the cell working properly

where is the information required to build a protein or enzyme found

encoded in the DNA sequence of a gene

how does the ribosome know when to start coding for a protein

when it reads AUG eg the codon for methionine

what does degenerate mean

meaning not a one-to-one relationship between bases and amino acids

which organelle uses its own codon translational scheme

mitochondria