DNA, RNA, and Protein Synthesis

Review Guide: DNA, RNA, and Protein Synthesis

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Deoxyribonucleic acid(DNA)
A nucleic acid; the master copy of an organism's information code that contains the instructions used to form all of an organism's enzymes and structural proteins
Deoxyribose
DNA's sugar
Parts of a nucleotide
Parts of a _________ consist of a phosphate group, a sugar molecule, and a nitrogenous base
Purine
Adenine and Guanine are examples of ___________.
Pyrimidines
Cytosine and Thymine are examples of __________.
Hydrogen bonds
Weak chemical bond formed by the attraction of positively charged hydrogen atoms to other negatively charged atoms.
Helicase
Unzips the strand of DNA by breaking the hydrogen bonds between base pairs.
DNA Polymerase
DNA Polymerase inserts the appropriate bases into template strands during DNA replication.
RNA
Is the nucleic acid that acts as a messenger between DNA and the ribosome
Ribose
The sugar in RNA.
MRNA
Is responsible for copying one strand of DNA in the nucleus and carrying that information to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm.
TRNA
Adds amino acids making a protein once it drops off the amino acid it goes and gets another.
Ribosomes
Non-membrane bound organelles in the nucleus where proteins are assembled
How is DNA different from RNA?
DNA is double stranded, while RNA is single stranded.RNA contains Uracil instead of Thymine.
Protein synthesis
The process of making protein