IF-2, IF-3, EF-Tu, EF-G and RF-1 are all involved in prokaryotic translation.  List the roles of each factor in the process of translation--please be sure to note if the factor binds GTP. (You can list the factors with the function listed next to the factor.)

This sequence given is of one strand of eukaryotic DNA containing a hypothetical gene. The base that is first (at the 5' end) in the sequence is at position -25. The translational start site is the first initiating codon encountered after the transcriptional start. This gene has three exons. The last base of the first exon is the A at position +30; the first base of the second exon is the C at position +62; the last base of the second exon is the A at position +82; the first base of the third exon is the G at position +118; and the last base of the third exon is for you to determine. Determine, and show, the sequence of the polypeptide produced by this gene in this format: Met-Thr-Trp-Tyr-Val etc.  5'-TATATACGTC CTATCGATGC ATCGTGTACG TAGCTAGGGG ATGCATGAAG TCACAGTAGC TAGCTATGGC TGATCGATCG TTGTGGCTTA AATATTGCGC TGGACTAGGA AAAGCTCGCA GGTACCCGAT CGATCCCGTG GAGTTCCAAG TTAGGATCTA CTTTAGCTAG TTTTAGCGGA ATAAAGATCG ATTATAGCTG AGAGATAAGC GTGGGTTGAT GATCGTAGCT AGCTAGCTAG CTAGCATCGA-3'

Suppose you have a 1-kb segment of cloned DNA that is suspected to contain a eukaryotic promoter including a TATA box, a CAT box, and an upstream GC-rich sequence. The clone also contains a gene whose transcript is readily detectable. Your laboratory supervisor asks you to outline an experiment. (1) determine if eukaryotic transcription factors (TF) bind to the fragment and, if so, (2) identify where on the fragment the transcription factors bind. All necessary reagents, equipment, and experimental know-how are available in the laboratory. Complete the outline of an experiment, which determines if eukaryotic transcription factors (TF) bind to the fragment. Assume all necessary reagents, equipment, and experimental how are available in the laboratory. Drag the terms on the left to the appropriate blanks on the right to complete the sentences. Not all terms will be used. For the band shift assay, two samples of the DNA fragment are analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis: one sample is…

some eukaryotic mRNAs have internal ribosome binding sites, where ribosomes can bind without first attaching to the 5′ cap. Yet all eukaryotic mRNAs are capped, and cap-dependent translation is highly efficient. What might be the advantage of having internal ribosome binding sites if the cap permits the initiation of translation and all eukaryotic mRNAs are capped?

You are studying a eukaryotic protein PKK in the lab. You fuse the DNA encoding GFP (green fluorescent protein) to the C terminus of the PKK gene. You also create the following GFP-PKK variants -GFP Wild- type: N- Signal sequence Transmembrane domain Kinase domain Variant 1: N- GFP Transmembrane domain Kinase domain Variant 2: N- -GFP Signal sequence Transmembrane domain Variant 3: N- -GFP Signal sequence Kinase domain Variant 4: N- -GFP Kinase domain If you examine wild-type PKK trafficking in a eukaryotic cell, which of the following are true? Select all that apply This fusion protein will be trafficked to the nucleus This fusion protein is a cell membrane protein This fusion protein will be trafficked to the Endoplasmic Reticulum This fusion protein is a nuclear protein

A common feature of many eukaryotic mRNAs is the presence of a rather long 3′ UTR, which often contains consensus sequences. Creatine kinase B (CK-B) is an important enzyme in cellular metabolism. Certain cells—termed U937D cells—have lots of CK-B mRNA, but no CK-B enzyme is present. In these cells, the 5′ end of the CK-B mRNA is bound to ribosomes, but the mRNA is apparently not translated. Something inhibits the translation of the CK-B mRNA in these cells. Researchers introduced numerous short segments of RNA containing only 3′ UTR sequences into U937D cells. As a result, the U937D cells began to synthesize the CK-B enzyme, but the total amount of CK-B mRNA did not increase. The introduction of short segments of other RNA sequences did not stimulate the synthesis of CK-B; only the 3′ UTR sequences turned on the translation of the enzyme. On the basis of these results, propose a mechanism for the inhibition of CK-B translation in the U937D cells. Explain how the introduction of short…

The most common type of termination signal in E. Coli is a symmetrical inverted repeat of GC rich sequences followed by about 7 As that forms a stable stem-loop structure in the RNA, which disrupts its association with the DNA template and terminates transcription. true or false

Searching the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome, researchers found approximately 4,000 DNA sites with a sequence which could potentially bind the yeast transcription factor GAL4.  GAL4 activates the transcription of galactose genes.  Yet there are only 10 GAL4-binding sites which control the genes necessary for galactose metabolism.  The GAL4 binding sequence is CGGAT#AGAAGC*GCCG, where # is T, C or G, and * is C or T. In one chromatin immunoprecipitation experiment (ChIP), yeast growing on galactose were lysed, and subjected to cross-linking reagents which cross-linked transcription factors and activators to DNA. Next the DNA was sheared into small fragments, and antibodies to GAL4 were added.  These antibodies coprecipitated the GAL4 and the DNA it was cross-linked to.  The cross-linking was then chemically reversed, and the DNA was isolated, cloned into a library of plasmids and sequenced.  Results showed that only 10 different DNA sequences had GAL4 bound.  Since the…

A synthetic mRNA added to a cell-free protein-synthesizing system produces a peptide with the following amino acid sequence: Met-ProIle-Ser-Ala. What would be the effect on translation if the following component were omitted from the cell-free protein-synthesizing system? What, if any, type of protein would be produced? Explain your reasoning. Q. Elongation factor Tu

A number of mutations affect the expression of the lac operon in E. coli. The genotypes of several E. coli strains are shown below. ("+" indicates a wild-type gene with normal function and "-" indicates a loss-of-function allele.) Please predict which of the following strains would have the lowest beta-galactosidase enzyme activity, when grown in the lactose medium. Orpt o* z* r* Orpt ot z* Y OrptoztY Orrotzr OrPotz*Y