Proteins Transcription ProcessingTranslationViruses
The building blocks of proteins
Amino Acids
List 3 protein used by organisms
Cell structures, tissues, keratin, collagen, myosin
Protein used for communication
Hormones
Proteins that catalyze chemical reactions
enzymes
What does the enzyme lysozyme do?
Helps destroy harmful bacteria by cutting a polysaccharide found in bacterial cell walls
RNA synthesis
Transcription
Where transcription occurs in eukaryotes.
Nucleus
Three ways that RNA is different that DNA?
Uracil, ribose, single stranded, shorter
Which types of RNA are synthesized during transcription?
mRNA, tRNA, rRNA
Describe the 3 types of RNA
mRNA- copies DNA rRNA-makes up the ribosomes tRNA-transports the amino acids to the ribosomes.
Where does RNA processing occur?
nucleus
Why is the RNA after it leaves the nucleus shorter than after it was transcribed?
Processing edits
Parts that are edited out of the mRNA?
introns
Why is processing necessary?
To remove nonfunctional parts of the RNA
Explain RNA editing and splicing.
Snurps form the slicosome and create a lariat to excise the introns and maintain the exons.
Where does translation occur
ribosome
What is made in translation?
Proteins
The amino acid “code” is called __
codon
Amino acids are always coded from the __
mRNA
Explain translation
mRNA attaches to a 2 part ribosome, tRNA brings the amino acids to the A site where the codon and anticodon match the amno acid is transferred to the polypeptide chain at the P site, the tRNA exits at the E site.
Virus that infects bacteria
Bacteriophage
Most viruses consist of (2 things)
Protein coat and DNA or RNA
What is a virus that consists of RNA called?
retrovirus
Type of viral infection that produce new viruses
Lytic infection
Explain how lytic and lysogenic infections are different.
Lytic produces new viruses while lysogenic infections incorporates it’s DNA into the host cell’s DNA and the cell copies can become lytic.