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USCSOM: Biochemistry: L31 - Genetic Code

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What is a codon?   A set of three nucleotides  
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How many different possible trinucleotides can be formed?   64  
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Which way, wrt 3' and 5' ends, do codons read?   5' to 3'  
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What is the second letter for all AAs with a charged side chain?   A  
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Which 2 letters are the most important in a codon?   ONLY first 2  
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Which AAs have the most codons?   Arg, Leu, Ser  
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Which AAs have single codons?   Trp and Met  
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Which codons are stop codons?   UGA, UAG, UAA  
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What is the initiator codon?   AUG  
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Codons with what letter will have a hydrophobic side chain?   U  
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What are anticodons?   the codon match on the tRNA during protein synthesis  
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What is the wobble hypothesis?   the first base of the anticodon does not follow stringent pairing with the last base of the codon  
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What is meant by 5'-UTR?   the 5'-untranslated region; usually 30 - 100 nucleotides in before the initiation of translation  
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What is meant by 3'-UTR?   3'-untranslated region; the region downstream from the stop codon on the mRNA  
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What is the term reading frame?   the nucleotide sequence being translated  
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How many possible reading frames are there in a given region of DNA?   6  
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What is ORF?   open reading frame; series of codons that lacks a stop codon  
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What is the frequency of having a stop codon in a random sequence of codons?   1/20  
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What is a point mutation? What are the two kinds?   a single base pair change; transition A to G; transversion purine to pyrimidine  
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What is a silent mutation?   3rd place change in a codon; typically has no effect on phenotype  
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Describe a Missense mutation   point mutation, changes the meaning of a codon word and thus changes a single AA  
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Describe a nonsense mutation   stop codon in a coding region; generally serious mutations  
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Insertion mutations   lead to frame shift mutations downstream; serious mutations  
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