RNA & Protein Synthesis

a mRNA sequence of AAG-GGC-CCG-UUU_ will have will produce which amino acid sequence below?

• proline-Lysine- Argenine-Stop

• Alanine-Argenine-phynylalanine-Threonine-

• Threonine-Alanine-Argenine-phynylalanine

• Valine-serine-Alanine-Glycine

What are the words along the outside of the circle?

• base pairs

• amino acids

• sugars

• phosphate groups

What can you find by reading this diagram from the inside out?

• mRNA

• DNA

• ribosomes

• nothing

For which amino acid is AAA a codon?

• proline

• valine

• tyrosine

• lysine

What is the codon for tryptophan?

• UGG.

• UUG

• GUU

• UGU

the molecule in the diagram is_?

• DNA

• rRNA

• mRNA

• rRNA

The instructions for assembling proteins are contained in the____?

• Ribosome

• extron

• Gene

• intron

The central dogma of molecular biology is that information is transferred from

• RNA to protein to DNA.

• DNA to protein to RNA.

• DNA to RNA to protein.

• protein to DNA to RNA.

The way in which DNA, RNA, and proteins are all involved in putting genetic information into action in living cells is called

• . translation.

• transcription.

• gene expression.

• translocation

Whether the organism is a pea plant or a human being, the information in the DNA of the cell’s nucleus directs synthesis of proteins in the cytoplasm. Why, then, are pea plants and

human beings so different?

• They contain similar DNA,

• They contain different RNA

• They contain different DNA,

• They contain similar RNA,