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OAQA Protein Synthesis Y12

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The name given to the polymer of repeating Amino Acids (monomers) is (a)   (aka protein)

2.

What is produced directly in prokaryotes in transcription? (a)  

3.

In eukaryotes, what is produced before mRNA is spliced? (a)  

4.

Which enzymes are involved in transcription?

a)

DNA Polymerase

b)

Helicase (of some form)

c)

RNA Polymerase

d)

Restriction enzymes

5.

What does an RNA nucleotide consist of?

a)

Ribose

b)

Deoxyribose

c)

Nitrogenous Bases of Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine

d)

Nitrogenous Bases of Adenine, Uracil, Guanine, Cytosine

e)

Phosphate

6.

What does splicing remove from the pre-mRNA? The (a)  

7.

Which part of pre-mRNA remains to make mRNA after splicing? The (a)  

8.

Turning pre-mRNA to RNA is called (a)  

9.

What is ATP used for in translation?

a)

Reattaching an amino acid to an empty tRNA

b)

Making peptide bonds

c)

Making phosphodiester bonds

d)

To move the mRNA into the ribosome

10.

How is tRNA different to mRNA?

a)

Has anti codons

b)

Has codons

c)

Has hydrogen bonds

d)

Is clover shaped

11.

What is the name of the pore that the mRNA leaves the nucleus? The (a)  

12.

How is DNA different to tRNA?

a)

Has hydrogen bonds

b)

Is double stranded

c)

Contains Thymine

d)

Contains Deoxyribose

13.

What are the characteristics of DNA?

a)

Degenerate

b)

Triplet Code

c)

Universal

d)

Overlapping

14.

Specialised proteins, called (a)   , assist in the folding of other proteins.

15.

Even within a gene, only some sequences, called (a)   , code for amino acid sequences

16.

Within the gene, exons are separated by non-coding sequences called (a)   .

17.

A (a)   is a section of DNA that codes for polypeptides that determine the nature and development of an organism.

18.

Most genes occupy fixed positions called (a)   on particular DNA molecules

19.

The DNA found in mitochondria and chloroplasts, and in prokaryotic cells is:

a)

shorter in length

b)

circular

c)

linear

d)

not associated with proteins.

20.

The (a)   as the complete set of genes in a cell.

21.

What 3 letters are the base sequence of a start codon?

(a)  

22.

The sequence of amino acids joined together by peptide bonds is the:

a)

Primary Structure

b)

Secondary Structure

c)

Tertiary Structure

d)

Quaternary Structure

23.

What bonds/ interactions are found in the tertiary structure of proteins?

a)

Disulfide

b)

Hydrophobic and hydrophilic interactions

c)

Ionic

d)

Hydrogen

24.

What is the name of the bond between amino acids?

(a)  

25.

What is the name of the protein that DNA wraps around in the nucleus?

(a)