Protein Synthesis and Mutations

A point mutation that changes an amino acid codon to one of the three stop codons, resulting in a shorter and usually nonfunctional protein.

• deletion mutation

• insertion mutation

• nonsense mutation

• substitution

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

ribonucleic acid; guides protein synthesis. single stranded.

• tRNA

• nucleic acid

• RNA

• DNA

type of RNA that carries genetic information from DNA in the nucleus to ribosomes in the cytoplasm for protein synthesis.

• messenger RNA

• transfer RNA

• ribosomal RNA

type of RNA that transports amino acids to the ribosome for protein synthesis.

• messenger RNA

• transfer RNA

• ribosomal RNA

The DNA strand that provides the template for ordering the sequence of nucleotides in an mRNA transcript.

• complimentary strand

• RNA

• amino acids

• template strand

process in which mRNA attaches to the ribosome and a protein is assembled -the code of mRNA is translated into an amino acid.

• transcription

• translation

• amino acids

• ribose sugar

change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information

• mutation

• anti-codon

• codon

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A sequence of three bases in tRNA that bind to a corresponding codon in mRNA and designate a specific amino acid during protein synthesis

• mutation

• anti-codon

• codon

mutation that shifts the "reading" frame of the genetic message by inserting or deleting a nucleotide/s

• point mutation

• frameshift mutation

• missense mutation

• silent mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A point mutation that changes a single nucleotide, but does not change the amino acid created.

• point mutation

• frameshift mutation

• missense mutation

• silent mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2