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Gene transcription and translation

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

Describe the Central Dogma of Life

a)

DNA> Transcription > RNA > translation > Protein

b)

RNA> translation> DNA> transcription > Protein

c)

Protein> translation>RNA> translation> DNA

d)

DNA> translation>RNA>transcription> Protein

2.

Unlike DNA polymerase, RNA does not need ___ to start

a)

Ligase

b)

Primer

c)

Helicase

d)

Histones

3.

Which are the three STOP codons?

a)

UCU, UCC, UCA

b)

UAA, UAG, UGA

c)

CGU, CGC, CGA

d)

GGU, GGC, GGA

4.

What is the start codon?

(a)  

5.

What carries amino acids to the ribosome, the site of protein synthesis?

(a)  

6.

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases do what?

a)

Enzymes that join ribosomes to tRNAs

b)

Enzymes that synthesize tRNA

c)

Enzymes that charge tRNA molecules with their appropriate amino acid

7.

Match the appropriate ribosome sites to their specific function:

(1) where the charged tRNA carrying the next AA to be added enters

(2) where the growing polypeptide chain is held by the tRNA

(3) where the tRNA exits

a)

(1) A site: Aminoacyl-tRNA binding site

(2) P site: Peptidyl-tRNA binding site

(3) E site: Exit site

b)

(1) P site: Peptidyl-tRNA binding site

(2) A site: Aminoacyl-tRNA binding site

(3) E site: Exit site

c)

(1) E site: Exit site

(2) A site: Aminoacyl-tRNA binding site

(3) P site: Peptidyl-tRNA binding site

8.

Which of the following are subtypes of chromosomal mutations?

a)

germline, somatic, point

b)

missense, nonsense, silent

c)

duplications, deletions, inversions, translocations

9.

A sequence of RNA shown below


5' CAA AAU GCG AUC 3'

a)

His-Asn- Ala-Met

b)

Val-Leu-Arg-Stop

c)

Gln-Asn-Ala-Ile

d)

Gln-Asn-Pro-Tyr

10.

Protein Subunit that binds to the core RNA polymerase to create what is known as the RNA polymerase holoenzyme. Binds to the promotor to initiate transcription (in prokaryotes)

a)

Beta

b)

Sigma

c)

Alpha

d)

Gamma

11.

In eukaryotes, termination occurs when a sequence called __________________ is transcribed.

a)

Start Codon AUG

b)

Stop codons UGA, UAG. UAA

c)

polyadenylation signal AAUAAA

d)

mammalian polyadenylation specificity factor (mPSF)

12.

tRNA

a)

sequence of three nucleotides that will code for a particular amino acid

b)

combines with proteins to form ribosomes to help make proteins

c)

delivers the correct AA to the ribosome during protein synthesis

d)

transmits information from the DNA; pattern for assembling AA

13.

__________ cuts the ore-mRNA, removed the intron and joins the exon together

a)

Holoenzymes

b)

Spliceosome

c)

snRNPS

d)

tRNAs

14.

An insertion mutation occurs, leaving 31 nucleotides in a DNA sequence.

a)

15

b)

10

c)

11

d)

31

15.

Which of the following is NOT a necessary component of translation?

a)

anticodon

b)

mRNA

c)

Ligase

d)

Amino Acid

16.

Amino acids are joined together into a protein chain by which of the following?

a)

hydrogen bonds

b)

transfer RNA

c)

messenger RNA

d)

DNA polymerase

17.

What occurs when the small subunit binds to the mRNA at the 5' end and scans the mRNA in a 3' direction until it reaches the start codon?

a)

translation initiation

b)

transcription

c)

translation elongation

d)

translation termination

18.

T/F: in prokaryotes, the AUG encountered by the ribosomes is the start codon, but translation initiation also requires the 5' cap that is added during mRNA processing following transcription

a)

T

b)

F

19.

Which terminus are amino acids added onto the growing peptide?

a)

N-terminus

b)

C-terminus

20.

What occurs when a stop codon appears at the A site and the release factor enters the A site and binds to the stop codon?

a)

translation initiation

b)

translation elongation

c)

translation termination

d)

DNA synthesis

21.

Match the appropriate post-translational modification:

(1) cleavage of a regulatory subunit from a polypeptide to convert an inactive precursor to its active form

(2) addition of carbohydrates to the polypeptide chain to aid in targeting and recognition

(3) addition of phosphate groups to the polypeptide to alter the shape and therefore the activity of the protein

a)

(1) glycosylation

(2) proteolysis

(3) phosphorylation

b)

(1) proteolysis

(2) glycosylation

(3) phosphorylation

c)

(1) phosphorylation

(2) glycosylation

(3) proteolysis