Protein Synthesis Vocabulary Review

___________ is ribonucleic acid; single stranded nucleic acid that contains the sugar ribose

• RNA

• DNA

• mRNA

• tRNA

________ is a type of RNA that carries copies of instructions for the assembly of amino acids into proteins from DNA to the rest of the cell

• RNA

• DNA

• Transfer RNA

• Messenger RNA

________ is a type of RNA that combines with proteins to form ribosomes

• RNA

• Ribosomal RNA

• Transfer RNA

• Messenger RNA

________ is a type of RNA that carries each amino acid to a ribosome during protein synthesis

• RNA

• Ribosomal RNA

• Transfer RNA

• Messenger RNA

_____ is the synthesis of an RNA molecule from a DNA template

• Translation

• Transcription

• RNA polymerase

• Promoter

_______ is the enzyme that links together the growing chain of RNA nucleotides during transcription using a DNA strand as a template

• RNA polymerase

• Transcription

• Translation

• Promoter

A ________ is a specific region of a gene where RNA polymerase can bind and begin transcription

• Transcription

• Translation

• RNA polymerase

• Promoter

An ________ is a sequence of DNA that in not involved in coding for a protein

• Intron

• Exon

• Genetic Code

• Codon

An ______ expresses sequence of DNA; code for a protein

• Intron

• Exon

• Codon

• Genetic Code

The _________ is the collection of codons of mRNA, each of which directs the incorporation of a particular amino acid into a protein during protein synthesis

• Intron

• Exon

• Genetic Code

• Codon