Protein Synthesis & Mutations

What term describes when mRNA is read 3 consecutive letters (bases) at a time and it codes for a single amino acid?

• Codon

• Anticodon

• Polypeptide

• Gene

What is the group of 3 unpaired bases that is complentary with the mRNA and is how tRNA is able to deliver the correct amino acid to the ribosome?

• Codon

• Anticodon

• Polypeptide

• Gene

In DNA replication, if the original sequence reads AATTTGCGCCCAAT, the complementary DNA strand would read?

• AAUUUCGCGGGUUA

• AATTTGCGCCCAAT

• TTAAACGCGGGTTA

• UUAAACGCGGGUUA

What is the mRNA sequence that complements the following DNA sequence: TATAAACGCTAGGCAG

• ATATTTGCGATCCGTC

• AUAUUUGCGAUCCGUC

• TATAAACGCTAGGCAG

• UTUTTTGCGUTCCGTC

If mRNA reads UUU-AGC-UCG-CGC-GUG-CUC, the complimentary tRNA would read?

• AAA-TCG-AGC-GCG-CAC-GAG

• TTT-UCG-AGC-GCG-CAC-GTG

• UUU-AGC-UCG-CGC-GUG-CUC

• AAA-UCG-AGC-GCG-CAC-GAG

If the mRNA codon reads UUU, it would translate into which amino acid?

• Phenylalanine

• Stop

• Leucine

• Lysine

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

If the mRNA codon reads UUC, the corresponding anti-codon would read?

• TTG

• AAG

• UUC

• AAC

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

If the mRNA codons read ACA-GUA-GAA-UUG-AUC, what amino acids make up the protein sequence?

• Cys-Val-Gly-Ser-Stop

• Cys-His-Leu-Asn-Stop

• Thre-Val-Glu-Leu-Iso

• None of the above

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Which of the following is used to code for the amino acid?

• rRNA

• tRNA

• mRNA

• Ribosome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

Where in the cell does transcription take place?

• Nucleus

• Cytoplasm

• Ribosome

• Mitochondria