Biology
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Author: Peter H Raven, George B Johnson Professor, Kenneth A. Mason Dr. Ph.D., Jonathan Losos Dr., Susan Singer
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 15, Problem 7U
During translation, the codon in mRNA is actually “read” by
a. the A site in the ribosome.
b. the P site in the ribosome.
c. the anticodon in a tRNA.
d. the anticodon in an amino acid.
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The codon and anticodon are base-paired together during the process of translation. Which of the following is correct regarding the relationship between anticodon and codon?
A. The tRNA anticodon UCU pairs with the AGA mRNA codon.
B. The tRNA anticodon is read from the 5’ to the 3’ end.
C. A tRNA anticodon can pair with only one mRNA codon.
D. The mRNA codon ACG base pairs with the tRNA anticodon TGC.
Which of the following is TRUE in translation?
A. Amino acyl TRNA containing one amino acid is attached to the P site
B. Amino acids/peptides attached to the amino acyl tRNA at the P site are
transferred to amino acids at the A site, followed by translocation.
C. Empty TRNAS are immediately released from the ribosomes
D. The E site is always empty after translocation to receive incoming empty
TRNAS.
E. The anticodon binding to the codon is stringent, i.e. there must be
complete complementary base-pairing between the bases in the codon and
anticodon before translation can proceed.
During translation, when a stop codon is read on the mRNA strand at the ribosome...
a
the mRNA is digested by a protease complex
b
a repressor attached to the ribosome that inhibits the movement of the ribosome along the mRNA
c
the enzyme helicase binds to terminate the polypeptide
d
a release factor enters the A site of the ribosome and stimulates the disassembly of the translation complex
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a
triplets coding for a single amino acid.
b
redundant in their coding for various amino acids.
c
matched with anticodons during translation
d
triplets found on transfer RNA
Question 6 (1 point)
In order to produce many copies of the same protein in a short period of time, the cell uses...
a
intron self-splicing.
b
many RNA polymerase molecules to produce multiple mRNA transcripts at the same time.
c
single-unit ribosomes for high speed translation.
d
codon-anticodon reciprocal…
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