DNA and protein structure

What does the digestive system do to the proteins you eat?

• breaks them into smaller proteins

• breaks them into amino acids

• moves proteins to cells

• moves proteins to the nucleus

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There are ______ amino acids

• 23

• 46

• 20

• 4

Proteins are MADE in the ______

• nucleus

• cytoplasm

• golgi apparatus

• chloroplast

What part of your cell determines the type and order of amino acids when building proteins?

• DNA

• golgi

• Endoplasmic reticulum

• cell membrane

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What molecule is needed to copy the code of DNA?

• RNA

• amino acids

• nucleons

• protons

A section of dna that codes for a proteins is a ______

• gene

• nucleotide

• chromosome

• cell

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The codon CCA codes for

• Phenylalinine

• Glycine

• Alanine

• Proline

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The gene for hemoglobin and the gene for insulin are on the same chromosome. Are they found in each of your cells?

• Yes, they are both in each of my cells

• No, insulin genes are only in the pancreas

• no, hemoglobin genes are only in blood

• No, they are different genes

The STRUCTURE of a protein determines its

• Function

• gene

• allele

• reproduction

Proteins are made of

• nucleotides

• amino acids

• codons

• mutations

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