10 Questions
What is the marker sequence for the identification of the initiation codon AUC?
Kozak consensus sequences
What is the role of antibiotics in relation to protein synthesis?
Interfere with bacterial protein synthesis
Which sequence is responsible for the recognition of the initiation codon in prokaryotes?
Shine-Dalgarn sequence
What is responsible for the specificity of interaction between the aminoacyl-tRNA and the complementary mRNA codon?
Anticodon
Which arm do some tRNAs have in addition to the amino acid arm, anticodon arm, TC arm, and D arm?
Fifth arm
What is required for binding the incoming aminoacyl-tRNA to the A site on the ribosome during elongation steps?
GTP and elongation factors
What is activated by specific aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in the cytosol?
Amino acids
What is the primary role of RNA in the cell?
Transferring genetic information from DNA to RNA
Which type of RNA does most genes get transcribed into?
Messenger RNA (mRNA)
What is the primary regulatory role of microRNAs (miRNAs) in animal cells?
Regulating gene expression at the translational level
Test your knowledge on genetics and protein synthesis with this quiz. Questions cover topics such as initiation codons, Kozak consensus sequences, Shine-Dalgarn sequence, ribosome elongation, and amino acid sequencing.
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