The Central Dogma 12.3 HW tonight read 12.4 and review this stuff!
Here it is DNA is used to make RNA RNA is used to make a chain of amino acids DNA RNA Proteins
DNA vs. RNA DNA Deoxyribose Thymine (T) Double Stranded Helix RNA Ribose Uracil (U) Single Stranded How do we go from DNA RNA Proteins?
Transcription Transcription happens in the nucleus DNA template strand used to synthesize mRNA AGCCT DNA (template Strand) UCGGA mRNA
Translation mRNA brought to ribosomes – Ribosomes Made of rRNA and proteins tRNA uses RNA to match up a sequence of RNA nucleotides to 1 amino acid How many RNA nucleotides do we need to code for 1 amino acid?
Fun Stuff The genetic code is a degenerate Each codon codes for one amino acid Code has 1 start and 3 stop signals Genetic code = triplet code The code is universal
1. ) Which types of RNA are needed for translation? What is the role of each? 2.) Explain why having some codons code for the same amino acid is a very good thing What does a universal code suggest?