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CANCER BIOLOGY
TRANSLATION
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| RIBOSOME | TRANSLATES THE CODON INFORMATION IN mRNA OR TRANSCRIPT INTO A PROTEIN W/A SPECIFIC AA SEQUENCE |
| NUCLEAR PORES | PROCESSED mRNA IS EXPORTED FROM THE NUCLEUS TO THE CYTOSOL THROUGH HERE |
| RIBOSOMES IN CYTOSOL | "TRANSLAT' THE INFORMATION STORED IN THE PROCESSED mRNA TO MAKE A PROTEIN W/A SPECIFIC AA SEQUENCE |
| CODON | A 3-NUCLEOTID SEQUENCE IN mRNA THAT CODES FOR A SPECIFIC AA, A TRANSLATION START SITE, OR A TRANSLATION STOP SITE |
| START CODON | AUG |
| STOP CODON | UAG, UGA, UAA |
| CODON CHART FACTS | -EACH CODON RELATES TO ONE AMINO ACID -SOME AA HAVE MORE THAN 1 CODON -1ST/2ND NUCLEOTIDE IN EACH CODON CAN DETERMINE THE AA IT ENCODES |
| RIBOSOME COMPONENTS | CONSIST OF A LARGE SUBUNIT & A SMALL SUBUNIT THAT CONTAIN RIBOSOMAL RNA (rRNA) & RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS |
| TRANSFER RNA (tRNA) | EACH TYPE OF ONE TYPE OF 20 DIFFERENT AA TO THE RIBOSOME |
| AMINOACYL-tRNA SYNTHETASES | ARE ENZYMES THAT LINK THE PROPER AA TO THE PROPER tRNA |
| tRNA ANTI-CODON | EACH RECOGNIZES THE PROPER CODON IN THE mRNA (TRANSCRIPT) THROUGH COMPLIMENTARY BASE PAIRING |
| INITIATION PHASE | FORMS TRANSLATION COMPLEX REQUIRES GTP AS AN ENERGY SOURCE AND INITIATION FACTORS |
| INTIATION FACTORS ARE PROTEINS THAT... | -ASSEMBLE, ALIGN & ACTIVATE ALL OF THE RIBOSOME COMPONENTS -UNWIND mRNA SO IT CAN BE TRANSLATED |
| ELONGATION CYCLE | LINKS AA TOGETHER & REQUIRES GTP AS AN ENERGY SOURCE & ELONGATION FACTORS |
| ELONGATION FACTORS ENABLE... | -PROPER tRNA ENTRY INTO RIBOSOME -tRNA PROOFREADING -mRNA TO MOVE RELATIVE TO THE RIBOSOME SO THE NEXT CODON CAN BE READ |
| PEPTIDYL-TRANSFERASE | -THE 28S rRNA MOLECULE THAT IS A RIBOZYME THAT LINKS AA TOGETHER -IS PART OF THE LARGE 60s SUBUNIT & LINKS 2-9AA/SEC |
| RELEASE FACTOR | -INTERACTS W/STOP CODON AND USES REQUIRED ENERGY TO END TRANSLATION |
| ANTIBIOTICS | -INHIBIT TRANSLATION BY BINDING TO LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOME (50s PORTION) TO -PREVENT PEPTIDE BOND FORMATION -PREVENTS TRANSLOCATION -CHANGES SHAPE -INTERFERE W/ATTACHMENT OF tRNA TO mRNA-COMPLEX |
| WHERE ARE RIBOSOMES SYNTHESIZED? | NUCLEOLUS & IN THE NUCLEUS |