Transcription and Translation Overview

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According to the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology, Information goes from

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to ​

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to ​

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DNA

RNA

Protein

ATP

Carbohydrate

Water

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To make ​

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, you first need to link together ​

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into long chains called ​

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.

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Proteins

Amino Acids

Polypeptides

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• A protein that catalyzes a reaction

• A monomer of a protein

• A long string of amino acids

• A polypeptide that has been folded up

Enzyme

Amino Acid

Polypeptide

Protein

• Enzyme

• Amino Acid

• Polypeptide

• Protein

Multiple Select

Select the 3 main types of RNA

• mRNA

• tRNA

• rRNA

• snRNA

• gRNA

Side Note

Sense, and Template/Antisense Strands

The strand with the information is not the strand the RNA is made from, that is the other one!

Multiple Choice

What is the other name for the template strand of DNA?

• Sense strand

• Antisense strand

• RNA

• Nonsense strand

Word Cloud

List a difference between DNA and RNA:

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How many bases in a codon?

Multiple Choice

Where does translation take place?

• In the Ribosome

• In the Nucleus

• Outside the Cell

• Everywhere

• In the Lysosome

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During translation, for every ​

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base pairs, ​

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amino acid is added.

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3

1

2

4

Reorder

Put the central dogma in the correct order

• DNA

• Transcription

• RNA

• Translation

• Protein

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5