Protein Synthesis: Ribosome Functions and Translation Process

What is the main function of the small subunit of a ribosome?

Which of the following is true about the large subunit of a ribosome?

During the termination phase of translation, what binds to the stop codons?

What is the function of fMet in translation initiation in bacteria?

Which site on the large subunit of a ribosome is responsible for holding the growing polypeptide chain?

What does the small ribosomal subunit initially bind to during translation initiation?

Which of the following is a characteristic of the termination stage of polypeptide synthesis?

What is the role of release factors in the termination stage of polypeptide synthesis?

Which type of mutations occur more frequently: Transition or Transversion mutations?

What are the possible forms that mutations can take?

What is the difference between synonymous and non-synonymous mutations?

In the cell cycle, what is the specific relationship between DNA replication and metabolism?

In the three levels of tRNA structure, the tertiary structure is represented by which shape?

What is the function of transfer RNAs (tRNAs) in translation?

Which component of tRNA carries a specific amino acid and base pairs with mRNA codons?

What phenomenon is described by the term 'codon wobble' in relation to tRNAs?

Which component of tRNA forms the secondary structure resembling a cloverleaf shape?

What is the role of ribosomes in translation?

How many subunits make up a ribosome?

During the initiation phase of translation, what binds to the start codon on mRNA to signify the beginning of translation?

'A specific tRNA is covalently coupled to a specific amino acid', highlighting this statement reflects which concept?

'Base pairing between mRNA codon and tRNA anticodon determines which amino acid is added to growing polypeptide.' This process primarily occurs during:

What is the role of introns in the context of translation?

What is the function of the acceptor stem in tRNA molecules?