Central Dogma and Protein Synthesis Vocabulary

Molecule carrying genetic information, made up of two complementary strands forming a double helix

• mRNA
• DNA
• tRNA
• Codon

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Code of RNA transcribed from a DNA gene sequence

• Codon
• DNA
• tRNA
• mRNA

Folded RNA molecules attached to an amino acid, carrying it to the ribosome when their codon is read

• DNA
• Codon
• mRNA
• tRNA

Which of these is the correct DNA base pairing rule

• C pairs with A

  A pairs with T

  T pairs with G

  G pairs with C

• C pairs with G

  G pairs with C

  A codes for U

  T pairs with A

• T pairs with A

  A pairs with T

  C pairs with G

  G pairs with C

• C pairs with T

  T pairs with C

  C pairs with A

  A pairs with C

A codes for U

T codes for A

C codes for G

G codes for C

• RNA base pairing rule
• RNA polymerase
• Ribosome
• DNA base pairing rule

Unit of DNA and RNA, consisting of a sugar-phosphate backbone and a nitrogen-containing base

• Ribosome
• Enzyme
• Nucleotide
• Protein

DNA codes for RNA which codes for Proteins, synthesis only goes in one direction

• Codon
• Enzyme
• Central Dogma
• Ribosome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Long chain polymer of amino acids, folding into a specific 3D structure determining its activity

• Codon
• mRNA
• Protein
• tRNA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Special class of proteins that speed up chemical reactions, ending in -ase

• tRNA
• Ribosome
• Enzyme
• DNA

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NGSS.HS-PS1-5

Protein enzyme that reads a gene on DNA and transcribes it into complementary mRNA sequence

• RNA polymerase
• Enzyme
• Complementary
• Ribosome