In: Biology
Complete the chart below.
DNA mRNA
5 ’ 3’
T --
T --
A --
C ---
G ---
G ---
C ---
A --
T --
3’ 5’
Re-state the mRNA strand, write it in the 5’ to 3’ direction. Answer the following questions.
mRNA strand: 5’ __________________________ 3’
8. What is the first codon on the mRNA strand?
9. What is the anticodon for the tRNA at the P site?
10. What amino acid is this tRNA bringing?
11. What is the second codon on the mRNA strand?
12. What is the anticodon for the tRNA at the A site?
13. What amino acid is this tRNA bringing?
14. What forms between the two amino acids? Use the exact name of the union.
15. What is the third codon on the mRNA strand?
16. What is the anti-codon for the tRNA that will bind to the A site? Explain your answer.
17. What is the amino acid sequence of your peptide? Include STOP in your sequence.
18. How many kinds of codons exist in the Universal Code?
19. How many codons actually code for an amino acid?
20. What do the others code for?
21. How many different kinds of amino acids are coded for in the Universal Code?
DNA template strand
5`-TTACGGCAT-3`
8) mRNA is complementary to the template strand, RNA polymerase adds U complementary to A, A complementary to T, G is complementary to C and vice versa.
mRNA is 5`-AUGCCGUAA-3`
9) anticodon is complementary to the codons in the mRNA ( A is complementary to U and C is complementary to G)
the first anticodon is
3`-UAC-5`
10) amino acid brought by the tRNA with anticodon 3`-UAC-5` is methionine.
11) the second codon in the mRNA is 5`-CCG-3`
12) the anticodon is complementary to the codons in the mRNA ( A is complementary to U and C is complementary to G)
the second anticodon is
3`-GGC-5`
13) amino acid brought by the tRNA with anticodon 3`-GGC-5` is proline.
14) amino acids are linked to each other via a peptide bond.
15) third codon is 5`-UAA-3`
16) anti-codon is 3`-AUU-5`
the anticodon is complementary to the codons in the mRNA ( A is complementary to U and C is complementary to G).
17) 5`-UAA-3`
is a stop codon, so the corresponding tRNA does not add any amino acid so the answer is STOP
18) there are 64 codon
19) only 61 codons codes for amino acid
20) three others are stop codons it does not code for any amino acid.
21) 20 amino acids are coded by the codons.