Objective: ◦ Describe the process of protein synthesis ◦ Explain how a disruption in the sequence can cause a change in appearance Journal: ◦ On the top of your note sheet, explain what DNA polymerase does in DNA replication.
The making of protein
RNA’s function is to take DNA’s code, copy it and use it to make proteins Differs from DNA in that: ◦ RNA is single stranded ◦ Contains Ribose as sugar ◦ Uracil instead of Thymine U-A
Messenger RNA (mRNA) ◦ Copies code from DNA and brings it to the ribosome Transfer RNA (tRNA) ◦ Brings amino acids to ribosome to assemble into protein
Transcription ◦ Creates mRNA from code contained in a gene (DNA) Translation ◦ mRNA code is read and “translated” into a string of amino acids that make up a protein
RNA polymerase “unzips” DNA at a gene mRNA is built by pairing A-U and C-G When gene ends, mRNA breaks away from DNA and DNA zips back up ashanimat/molgenetics/transcription.swf ashanimat/molgenetics/transcription.swf
mRNA leaves the nucleus and heads to a ribosome mRNA “letters” will be read in groups of 3 called codons Each codon codes for 1 amino acid
mRNA binds to ribosome tRNA brings over its amino acid Next codon is read, next amino acid is brought over by another tRNA
Amino Acids bond together forming a protein Process repeats until ribosome reaches a stop codon Protein is released ses/c2005/images/animtransln.gif ses/c2005/images/animtransln.gif
TAC-AAA-GCT-TTT-CTA-CCG-ATC Mutations: changes in DNA sequence Point Mutation: affect one nucleotide 1. Substitutions – replace one of the nucleotides with another - Can be lethal TAC-AAG-GCT-TTT-CTA-CCG-ATC TAC-AAC-GCT-TTT-CTA-CCG-ATC OR
Frame shift mutations: Change the whole sequence by changing the order of how the sequence is read - Insertion or deletion– add or remove a nucleotide TAC-AAA-GCT-TTT-CTA-CCG-ATC TAC-AAA-GCT-TGT-TCT-ACC-GAT-C TAC-AAA-GCT-TTC-TAC-CGA-TC Remove Add In