ET Protein Synthesis 1/21/25

Using the codon chart provided to translate the RNA sequence into an amino acid sequence.

AUG CCU AAC UUC

• Met - Pro - Asn - Phe

• Met - Pro - Lys - Ile

• Met - Pro - Asn - Pro

• Met - Pro - Lys - Val

Which organelle contains rRNA and reads the mRNA to synthesize a protein?

• Ribosome

• Nucleus

• Cytoplasm

• Nucleotide

A tRNA that carries the amino acid methionine pairs with which type of codon?

• serine codon

• tRNA codon

• start codon

• anticodon

What is translation?

• the process in which DNA is copied to make another molecule of DNA

• the process in which DNA is coded into mRNA

• the process in which mRNA is decoded into a protein

• the process in which enzymes break down mRNA

Which type of RNA is the carrier of amino acids?

• mRNA

• rRNA

• tRNA

• DNA

Amino acids form a polypeptide chain that is then folded up to form a protein, what type of bond holds together a polypeptide chain?

• Hydrogen Bonds

• Polypeptide Bonds

• Nitrogen Bonds

• Carbon Bonds