Ch 4 DNA, RNA, and the Flow of Genetic Information

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Biochemistry
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Zusammenfassung der Ressource

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What is the correct order of the central dogma of gene expression?
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  • DNA--> Translation-->RNA--> Transcription-->Protein
  • DNA--> Transcription-->RNA-->Translation-->Protein
  • RNA-->Transcription-->DNA-->Translation-->Protein
  • RNA-->Translation-->DNA-->Transcription-->Protein

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What are components of a nucleotide?
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  • Sugar
  • Nitrogen containing base
  • Phosphate
  • Carbon

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RNA and DNA differ in the sugar component of one of the bases
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  • True
  • False

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What contains the sugar ribose?
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  • RNA
  • DNA
  • mRNA
  • tRNA

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Purines are
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  • Adenine and Guanine
  • Adenine and Cytosine
  • Guanine and thymine
  • Cytosine and thymine

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Pyrimidines are
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  • Adenine and guanine
  • Adenine and thymine
  • Cytosine and adenine
  • Cytosine and thymine

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Nucleic acid sequences are written in what direction?
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  • One end has a phosphoryl group attached to the 3'carbon atom of the sugar and one end has a free hydroxyl attached to the 5' carbon of the sugar
  • One end has a phosphoryl group attached to the 5' carbon atom of the sugar and one end has a free hydroxyl attached to the 3' carbon of the sugar

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A base bound to a sugar is called a [blank_start]nucleoside[blank_end]
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  • nucleoside

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Nucleoside of DNA are
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  • Deoxyadenosine, deoxyguanosine, deoxycytidine, and deoxythymidine
  • Adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine
  • deoxyadenosine, deoxyguanosine, deoxycytosine, deoxyuracil

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Deoxythymidine, rarely occurs in RNA, simply called thymidine
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  • True
  • False

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Nucleoside of RNA are
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  • deoxyadenosine, deoxyguanosine, deoxycytidine, and deoxythymidine
  • adenosine, guanosine, cytidine, and uridine
  • adenosine, guanosine, cytidine, thymidine
  • deoxyadenosine, deoxyguanosine, deoxycytidine, and deoxyuracil

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A nucleotide is a nucleoside with only 1 phosphoryl group attached
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  • True
  • False

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Nucleotide [blank_start]triphosphates[blank_end] are the building blocks of [blank_start]DNA[blank_end] and [blank_start]RNA[blank_end]
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  • triphosphates
  • Adenosine
  • trisugars
  • DNA
  • tRNA
  • mRNA
  • RNA
  • mRNA
  • tRNA

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DNA molecules are very long some consisting of more than [blank_start]1 billion[blank_end] nucleotides
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  • 1 billion

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The double helix is stabilized by hydrogen bonds and van der Walls interactions
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  • True
  • False

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Adenine always forms hydrogen bonds with [blank_start]thymine[blank_end] while guanine forms hydrogen bonds with [blank_start]cytosine[blank_end]
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  • thymine
  • cytosine
  • cytosine
  • thymine

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The helix is stabilized by hydrogen bonds between base pairs as well as hydrophobic interactions called
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  • stacking forces
  • semiconservative replication
  • Van der Walls interactions

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Because of the base pair rules, the sequence of one strand determines the sequence of the partner strand
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  • True
  • False

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Because the two daughter helices have one parent strand one newly synthesized strand, the replication process is called
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  • Stacking forces
  • Semiconservative replication
  • Conservative replication
  • DNA polymerase

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What are the key characteristics of DNA synthesis
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  • Four deoxynucleoside triphosphates and Mg2+ are required
  • A template strand is used to direct RNA synthesis
  • A primer from which the new strand grows must be absent
  • Many DNA polymerases have nuclease activity that allows for the removal of mismatched bases

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Some viruses, such as tobacco mosaic virus, have [blank_start]RNA[blank_end] genomes that are replicated by [blank_start]RNA[blank_end]-directed [blank_start]RNA[blank_end] polymerases
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  • RNA
  • RNA
  • RNA

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Retroviruses, such as HIV-1, have single-stranded RNA genomes that are converted into DNA double helices by the action of
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  • Transcriptase
  • Translation
  • Reverse transcriptase
  • Reverse translation

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All cellular RNA is synthesized by RNA polymerases
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  • True
  • False

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The synthesis of RNA from a DNA template is called translation, a process catalyzed by RNA polymerase
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  • True
  • False

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RNA polymerase has the following requirements
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  • Template
  • The sequence of the newly-synthesized RNA is complementary to the DNA template
  • coding strand
  • Activated precursors in the form of the 4 ribonucleoside
  • Divalent metal ions
  • Base pair

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RNA polymerase initiates and elongates the RNA product, with the chain growing in the [blank_start]5'[blank_end] to [blank_start]3'[blank_end] direction
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  • 5'
  • 3'

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Several kinds of RNA play a role in gene expression, what are three most abundant classes of RNA
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  • Ribosomal RNA
  • Messenger RNA
  • Transfer RNA
  • Translate RNA

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RNA polymerases take instructions from DNA templates
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  • True
  • False

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Transcription begins near the [blank_start]promoter[blank_end] sites and ends at [blank_start]terminator[blank_end] sites
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  • promoter
  • terminator

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Promoters are
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  • Specific DNA sequences that direct RNA polymerase to the proper initiation site
  • Specific RNA sequences that direct DNA polymerase to the proper initiation site
  • Specific DNA sequences that direct RNA polymerase to the proper terminator site
  • Specific RNA sequences that direct DNA polymerase to the proper terminator site

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The average of variation in the sequence of a promoter for different genes is called [blank_start]consensus[blank_end] sequence
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  • consensus

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The RNA complement of the DNA stop signal forms a hairpin structure, followed by several thymine residues
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  • True
  • False

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What is required for transcription termination
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  • Protein rho
  • Protein thy
  • Protein gly
  • Protein leu

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In eukaryotes,
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  • The 3' end of mRNA is modified by the attachment of a cap structure while the 5' end acquires a poly(A)tail
  • The 5' end of mRNA is modified by the attachment of a cap structure while the 3' end acquires a poly(A)tail
  • The 5' end of tRNA is modified by the attachment of a cap structure while the 3' end acquires a poly(A)tail
  • The 3' end of tRNA is modified by the attachment of a cap structure while the 5' end acquires a poly(A)tail

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Transfer RNA molecules react with
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  • specific amino acids in a reaction catalyzed by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases
  • one amino acids in a reaction catalyzed by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases
  • specific amino acids in a reaction catalyzed by aminoacyl-mRNA synthetases
  • Specific amino acids in a reaction catalyzed by aminoacyl-rRNA synthetases

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Transfer RNA molecules also contain a template recognition site, called
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  • the anticodon
  • the codon
  • the initiator
  • the terminator

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Anticodon consist of
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  • 2 bases
  • 3 bases
  • complementary 3 base sequence in the rRNA
  • complementary 3 base sequence in the mRNA

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Protein synthesis is the process of translation
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  • True
  • False

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Characteristics of the genetic code are
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  • three nucleotides, called a codon
  • code is overlapping
  • code is nonoverlapping
  • code has punctuation
  • code has no punctuation
  • Code is read from 5' end of the mRNA to the 3' end
  • code is degenerate in that some amino acids are encoded by more than one codon

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Degeneracy
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  • amino acids encoded by 1 codon
  • amino acids encoded by more than 1 codon
  • minimizes deleterious effects of mutations
  • maximizes deleterious effects of mutations

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Messenger RNA is translated on ribosomes
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  • True
  • False

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The genetic code is nearly universal
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  • True
  • False

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Eukaryotic genes are discontinuous
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  • with coding regions called exons, interrupted by noncoding regions called introns
  • with noncoding regions called introns, interrupted by coding regions called exons
  • with coding regions called introns, interrupted by noncoding regions called exons
  • with interrupted regions called exons, coding regions called introns

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Many exons encode
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  • protein domains
  • amino acids
  • rRNA

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Introns almost always begin with GU and end with an AG
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  • True
  • False

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The gene for the β- chain of human hemoglobin has [blank_start]3[blank_end] exons and [blank_start]2[blank_end] introns
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  • 3
  • 2

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RNA processing generates mature RNA
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  • True
  • False

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[blank_start]Pre-messeneger[blank_end] RNA contains exons and introns
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  • Pre-messeneger
  • tRNA
  • mRNA
  • rRNA
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