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Protein Coding Dna

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A triplet is a group of 3 DNA nucleotides. A codon is a group of 3 RNA nucleotides. Triplets code for codons, codons code for anticodons in the tRNA, which brings the amino acids.
Coding DNA is any DNA that codes for proteins or RNA molecules. This includes exons and certain introns that code for RNA. Exons code for proteins in translation and are protein coding.
Non protein coding DNA is the “dark matter,” including ancestral DNA, promoter regions, and introns. This DNA does not leave the nucleus during protein synthesis and does not code for proteins.
The promoter region is a start signal for the RNA Polymerase II. It marks the beginning of a gene with two parts, a TATA Box, a sequence of repeating thymine and adenine bases, and the poly A region, a sequence of repeating adenine bases. This is where the enzymes known as binding factors attach and signal to the RNA Polymerase.
Exons and introns are found in the genes of DNA. Exons are the protein coding sections of the genes, meaning they leave the nucleus and contain the codons that create the primary …show more content…

There are four parts, initiation, elongation, translocation and termination. Initiation attaches the mRNA to the ribosome and begins translation. Elongation is when new codons are exposed and new amino acids are added to the polypeptide. Translocation is the movement of mRNA through the ribosome and termination is when the stop codon is reached and the protein, ribosome and mRNA detach from each other. Ribosomes are key to this process. They have a large and small subunit that come together around the mRNA and provide a place for tRNA to meet mRNA. It also provides enzymes needed to form the peptide bonds. mRNA is essential because it brings the genetic information to the ribosome and tRNA is important because it carries the amino acids to the corresponding codon. The amino acids bond to other amino acids in a specific order to create a

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