BIOLOGY 12 Protein Synthesis
Epigenetics our lifestyles and environment can change the way our genes are expressed do identical twins have the exact same DNA? Twins Video
What do you know about RNA? single stranded. uracil instead of thymine 3 types – mRNA, rRNA, tRNA can go through nucleus into cytoplasm
What do you know about Proteins? polypeptides, long chains of amino acids amino group, carboxyl group, peptide bonds made in ribosomes used for structure – hair, muscles, nails, feathers, wool, hormones
Gene a sequence of nucleotides in DNA that provides the instructions to build a particular polypeptide note: one gene codes for one polypeptide
Codons sequence of three bases in DNA or mRNA that code for a particular amino acid triplet of nucleotides more than one codon can code for a single amino acid examples: CAA or GCU
Amino acidAbbreviation AlanineAla ArginineArg AsparagineAsn Aspartic acidAsp CysteineCys Glutamic acidGlu GlutamineGln GlycineGly HistidineHis IsoleucineIle LeucineLeu LysineLys MethionineMet PhenylalaninePhe ProlinePro SerineSer ThreonineThr TryptophanTrp TyrosineTyr ValineVal
Codons note: AUG is most often used as the start codon see table page 240
* remember: DNA never leaves the nucleus RNA is used as a messenger and a transporter
Three Types of RNA mRNA: messenger RNA delivers instructions to build a protein to the ribosome rRNA:ribosomal RNA structural component of a ribosome tRNA: transfer RNA transports appropriate amino acids to ribosome
Stage 1: Transcription DNA is used as a template to make a complementary mRNA mRNA transcribes the message from a gene and delivers it to the ribosome DNA mRNA
Stage 1: Transcription Initiation DNA uncoils at the site of a gene one strand will act as a template
Stage 1: Transcription Elongation RNA polymerase attaches to the DNA RNA nucleotides match up to the DNA template forming mRNA base pair rules: A-U and C-G
Stage 1: Transcription Termination mRNA is released
Stage 1: Transcription Posttranscriptional Modification 5’ cap added to start of mRNA, for protection from digestion poly-A tail is a string of adenine bases at the end of mRNA then mRNA leaves nucleus through nuclear pores
Stage 1: Transcription
Stage 2: Translation a ribosome assembles amino acids in a specific sequence mRNA is transcribed into a polypeptide mRNA protein
Stage 2: Translation two subunits of a ribosome bind to the mRNA the ribosome moves along the mRNA in the 5’ to 3’ direction, three nucleotides at a time this is the reading frame
Stage 2: Translation the ribosome recognizes the start codon (AUG) new amino acids are added each time the ribosome reads a new codon
Stage 2: Translation tRNA delivers the amino acids it’s anti-codon recognizes the codons in the mRNA each tRNA arrives at the A site (acceptor) the next tRNA arrives at the A site and the tRNA prior to that shifts to the P site (peptide) this is where peptide bonds are formed between adjoining amino acids
Stage 2: Translation the ribosome then shifts (translocates) to the next codon the process will continue until the ribosome reaches a stop codon
Stage 2: Translation A site P site
Protein Synthesis
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Textbook Review protein synthesis Read: pages pages Questions:page 241 # 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 page 254 # 3, 9