Role of Nucleic Acids and Proteins

What are the monomers for Proteins? (What makes up Proteins?)

• Nucleic Acids

• Amino Acids

• Monosaccarides

• Nucleotides

Identify a food you eat that you know is high in protein.

• Strawberries

• Meat

• Peanuts

• Water

What are the two kinds of nucleic acids? (check all that apply)

• RNA

• DNA

• Amino Acids

• 5-Carbon Sugar

What is the function of DNA?

• Tells you it is a nucleic acid and not a protein

• Carrier of genetic information

• Creates proteins

• Allows things to enter and leave the cell

Nitrogen Bases for DNA:

• Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Uracil

• Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Phosphate

• Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Thymine

• Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Sulfur

Which Nitrogen bases go together?

• Adenine and Cytosine

• Adenine and Thymine

• Cytosine and Guanine

• Thymine and Guanine

If AAGAGG went through DNA replication, the complementary bases would be....

• TTCTCC
• UUCUCC

The process to go from DNA to mRNA is _______

• translation
• transcription
• replication

What amino acid is represented by the codon UUA?

• Phenylalanine
• Tyrosine
• Leucine
• Stop codon

What is the location in the cell for translation?

• nucleus
• mitochondria
• ribosome
• chloroplast