Protein
S ynthesis
W eb
T utorial
Instructions:
W rite
t he
f ollowing
q uestions
a nd
A nswer
o n
t he
a ppropriate
pages
o f
y our
i nteractive
n otebook.
Page
4 4—
Overview-‐-‐
1.
E xplain
t he
C entral
D ogma
o f
P rotein
S ynthesis:
2
W hat
a re
t he
t wo
s teps
o f
t he
c entral
d ogma
c alled?
1 .
2 .
3.
D escribe
T ranscription:
4.
D escribe
T ranslation:
5.
D escribe
w hat
h appens
t o
t he
p rotein
a fter
t ranslation.
p.
4 5
B asics
D ifferences:
1 .
C reate
a
V enn
D iagram
t hat
s orts
t he
i nformation
o n
t he
d ifferences
p age.
P rokaryotes
P rotein
S ynthesis
vs.
Eukaryote
P rotein
S ynthesis
G enetic
C ode
1
G enetic
C ode
i s
r ead
i n
a
_ ________
d irection
l ike
a
b ook
i s
r ead
_ _____to
_ ___.
2 .
G enetic
c ode
i s
g rouped
i nto
3
b ases
c alled
_ _____
l ike
l etters
a re
grouped
t o
c reate
_ _____.
3 .
D raw
a
d iagram
w ith
t he
f ollowing
l abels.
A mino
A cid-‐
t RNA-‐
m RNA-‐Anti
C odon
4 .
W rite
a
p rocedure
f or
a
5
g rader
o n
h ow
t o
t ranslate
m RNA
f rom
th
codons
t o
A mino
A cids.
Interactives-‐
P ractice
y our
o wn
p rocedure
a nd
m ake
s ure
i t
w orks.
M ake
a ny
adjustments
y ou
n eed
t o
s o
t hat
i t
w orks!
Write
t he
I nteractive
m RNA
_ __________________________________________
Write
t he
I nteractive
A mio
A cid
S equences?
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What
w ould
h appen
i f
t here
w as
a
p oint
m utation
i n
t his
e xample:
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