Biology final test
The start codon of an mRNA specifies which of the following amino acids?
Methionine
What type of repair mechanisms is responsible for removing bases that were incorrectly inserted into DNA during replication?
Mismatch
repair is responsible for removing bases that were incorrectly incorporated into DNA during replication.
Mismatch
A is a heritable change in the nucleotide sequence of DNA and is the source of genetic diversity leading to evolution.
Mutation
Which of these is not required for DNA replication?
NADPH
repair multiple kinds of lesions in DNA, using a single mechanism
Non-specific
How many aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are present for each of the 20 common amino acids?
One
What is the name of the subunit that acts as the sliding clamp, which keeps the replicating enzyme complex attached to the template in eukaryotic cells.
PCNA
The enzyme peptidyl transferase is required in the formation of bonds by the ribosome.
Peptide
This type of mutation happens when a single base in DNA is substituted with another base, for example, an A becomes a G.
Point
Choose all characteristics of the transforming substance isolated by Avery, MacLeod and McCarty.
RNA-digesting enzymes did not affect its transforming ability. The elemental composition of the substance was very similar to that of DNA. DNA-digesting enzymes destroyed its transforming ability. Protein-digesting enzymes did not affect its transforming ability.
In translation termination, stop codons are recognized by what type of proteins?
Release factors
Alternative splicing allows which of the following?
A single transcript can be spliced into different mRNAs
In most cases, the start codon in mRNA is
AUG
is an inherited disease and the patients with this disease produce urine that contains homogentisic acid
Alkaptonuria
Which process can produce multiple transcripts from the same gene in eukaryotes?
Alternative splicing
Identify the physician who, in the early 1900s, proposed a relationship between genes and the production of enzymes.
Archibald Garrod
Consider the pathway for synthesis of arginine from glutamate by Neurospora crassa as shown on the diagram. A mutant for the argG gene will be able to grow on minimal media supplemented with which of the following
Arginosuccinate Arginine
For proteins that are targeted to the ER, where is the signal sequence usually located?
At the beginning of the protein (first several amino acids added during translation)
Nucleotides contain a sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrogenous
Base
Place the types of mutations found in humans in the correct order going from most frequent (on top) to least frequent (at the bottom).
SNV mutations Indels mobile element insertion CNV mutation
According to recent finding on human mutation rates based on genome sequencing, what is the most common type of mutation in humans?
SNVs
Before it can bind to the promoter, a eukaryotic RNA polymerase II has to be recruited by
Several transcription factors
Which enzymes did Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty use in order to identify the genetic material?
DNA digesting enzymes RNA digesting enzymes protein digesting enzymes
The enzyme that relieves DNA supercoiling ahead of the replication fork is
DNA gyrase
The DNA controlled by an origin is called a
replicon
DNA replication that leads to the production of double helices with one parental strand and one newly synthesized strand is consistent with
semiconservative replication
When the double stranded DNA helix is unwound, two single strands of DNA are formed. These strands have to be stabilized because their hydrophobic bases are exposed to water. The proteins that stabilize the two single strands are called
single strand binding proteins
The two general categories of DNA repair are
specific, nonspecific
several differences in prokaryotic and eukaryotic replication.
structure of chromosome (linear vs. circular) complexity of enzymology number of origins of replication
following that are components of a nucleotide.
sugar. phosphate nitrogenous base
The DNA backbone is composed o
sugars, phosphate groups
which 3 items are required for DNA replication
template nucleotides polymerase
The end of a bacterial transcription unit is marked by a
terminator sequence
Griffith's experiments were important because they showed
that the genetic material could be passed from one cell to another
target a single kind of lesion in DNA and repair that damage
Specific
Identify the process the pre-mRNA undergoes to create a functional mRNA.
Splicing
The process of alternative can produce different transcripts from the same gene in eukaryotes.
Splicing
Which of the following describes how proteins are targeted for translation to the rough ER?
The initial amino acid sequence of these proteins serves as a signal sequence that targets them to the rough ER.
What is the function of the promoter in a bacterial transcription unit?
To form a recognition and binding site for RNA polymerase
Griffith performed experiments, which demonstrated
Transformation in bacteria
Which of the following refers to the RNA-to-protein step in the expression of genes?
Translation
Which of the following sets of nucleotides is a valid mRNA codon?
UUC
helicase
Use ATP to unwind the DNA template
accurately describe the transcription bubble.
The growing RNA strand protrudes from the bubble It contains an RNA-DNA hybrid, about 9 nt long It moves along the DNA at a rate of about 50nt/sec
Features of the Watson and Crick model include
a double stranded structure a helical structure a sugar phosphate backbone
Bacterial DNA is typically replicated as
a single replicon
When scientists synthesized an RNA molecule made of U (polyU) and translated it in cell-free translation systems, they produced a protein made of
a string of the same AMINO acid
Most mature eukaryotic mRNAs have a string of nucleotides referred to as a poly- tail.
adenine
The major significance of the Hershey and Chase's experiments is that they
determined that DNA is genetic material
Franklin X-ray to suggest that DNA has a helical structure.
diffraction
An ______ cuts DNA internally and an ______ cuts at the ends of DNA.
endonuclease; exonuclease
Archibald Garrod concluded that patients suffering from alkaptonuria lack the necessary to catalyze the breakdown of homogentisic acid.
enzyme
Based on replication proteins, DNA replication in archaea is most similar to that of
eukaryotes
Which types of cells have more than one origin of replication?
eukaryotes
This type of primase is a combination of RNA polymerase and DNA polymerase that makes short RNA primers and then extends them with DNA to produce the final primer:
eukaryotic
E. coli polymerases I, II, and III have 3' to 5' activity, which provides them with a proofreading function, i.e. they can remove a mispaired base.
exonuclease
The term gene refers to gene function either at the level of traits or at the molecular level.
expression
What term can refer to gene function at the level of traits or at the molecular level?
gene expression
Eukaryotic genes may contain non-coding regions known as because they interrupt the sequence of a gene.
introns
To create a functional RNA, the pre-mRNA undergoes a process known as splicing. During the splicing process, the are removed and the remaining are connected to each other.
introns, exons
Synthesized in small fragments that are later connected
lagging strand
Identify the 2 subunits of a ribosome.
large, small
The two subunits that make up any ribosome are called the subunit and the subunit.
large, small
The enzymes in the replisome are active on
leading and lagging strands
synthesized continuously
leading strand
During DNA replication, the strand is synthesized continuously while the strand is synthesized as small fragments that are connected to each other to form a continuous strand.
leading, lagging
DNA replication in eukaryotic cells is complicated by the fact that eukaryotic cells have
linear chromosomes
primase
make a 10-12bp complementary primer to the DNA
Ribosomes cannot directly process DNA to synthesize polypeptides; they can only translate a specific type of RNA transcript, the RNA.
messenger
In eukaryotes, an intermediate is needed to carry the information in DNA to the ribosome in the cytoplasm. This intermediate is
messenger RNA
Agents that cause mutation are known as
mutagens
Radiation, UV light, x-rays, and chemicals in the environment can cause mutations in DNA and are therefore referred to as
mutagens
List several differences in prokaryotic and eukaryotic replication.
number of origins of replication complexity of enzymology structure of chromosome (linear vs. circular)
Each aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase present in a cell recognizes of the 20 common amino acids. (indicate the number)
one
How many RNA polymerases are found in prokaryote
one
During semiconservative DNA replication
one of the strands in each new double helix comes from the original molecule, and one is newly synthesized.
Repeating sugar and phosphate units in a single DNA strand make up the
phosphodiester backbone.
mutations, also known as single variations change only a single base in the sequence of DNA.
point, nucleotide
X-ray diffraction was used to determine that the diameter of a DNA molecule is
2nm
Which of these is not a modification of eukaryotic transcripts?
3' cap
How was the genetic code deciphered?
By using cell-free biochemical systems to produce proteins based on synthetic mRNAs
The universality of the genetic code is evidence for which of the following?
Common evolutionary heritage
In their experiments, Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty isolated a substance, which had a transforming activity. Which of the following destroyed that substance's ability to transform bacterial cells?
DNA digesting enzymes
Select the functions of the ribosome.
Decoding the transcribed message Forming peptide bonds
The two main eukaryotic DNA polymerases that extend DNA are
Delta, epsilon
Which of the following is a mutation that changes the structure of the chromosome itself?
Duplication
Charged tRNAs are brought to the A site in the ribosome by an elongation factor called
EF-Tu
Which have three different RNA polymerases?
Eukaryotes
In order to bring a tRNA to the A site of the ribosome, the elongation factor EF-Tu must bind to a charged tRNA and
GTP
In which of the following chromosomal entities are an individual's traits specified?
Genes
The universality of the code is one of the strongest pieces of evidence suggesting that all living things share a common evolutionary heritage.
Genetics
Which of the following enzymes involved in DNA replication are found at the replication fork in all three types of cells (bacterial, archaeal, and eukaryotic)? Choose all that apply.
Helicase Clamp loader Sliding clamp Primase Polymerases
The experiments with radioactively labeled phage that showed that DNA was the genetic material were performed by
Hershey and Chase
The noncoding DNA sequences in a gene are termed which of the following?
Introns
In the transcription elongation complex of eukaryotes, what is the function of the CTD?
It acts as a platform, which recruits elongation factors and RNA-modifying enzymes
In the transcription elongation complex of eukaryotes, what is the CTD made of?
It consists of 7 amino acids repeated many times.
What is the name of the regions at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes?
Telomeres
Which of the following are short repeats of DNA on the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes?
Telomeres
Typically, the ribosome uses which AUG codon it encounters in an mRNA as a signal to start translation?
The first
In transcription, which DNA strand has a sequence that is identical to the produced RNA (except that U in RNA is T in DNA)?
The sense strand
In prokaryotes how do translation and transcription occur?
They are coupled
What is the nature of terminators in bacteria?
They are specific sequences in DNA
How do eukaryotic transcription factors help form the initiation complex?
They recruit RNA polymerase to the promoter
Inspect the diagram of the arginine synthesis pathway in Neurospora crassa. If an arginine nutritional mutant can grow on minimal media, supplemented with ornithine, we can conclude which of the following?
This mutant has a mutation in the argE gene.
How many nucleotide bases are in one codon?
Three
Why do eukaryotic cells have multiple origins of replication?
To ensure timely replication of multiple, relatively large chromosomes
The poly-A tail of most mature eukaryotic mRNAs is found
at the 3' end of the transcript
polymerase
attaches nucleotides to the 3' end of the DNA strand
mutations are changes that alter the structure of the chromosome itself.
chromosomal
Genes, which contain trait specifying information, are located on
chromosomes
In transcription, the DNA strand that is not copied is called the strand.
coding
The genetic code is read in groups of three nucleotide bases known as
codons
In the replisome, the is composed of primase, helicase, and accessory proteins that prime the lagging strand.
primosome
Transcription and translation of an mRNA molecule occur simultaneously in
prokaryotes
In a bacterial transcription unit, the role of the is to form a recognition and binding site for the RNA polymerase.
promoter
The function of telomeres is to
protect the ends of chromosomes
The results of the Hershey and Chase experiments suggested that DNA was the genetic material because
radioactive bacteriophage DNA was found in the cytoplasm of bacterial cells
gyrase
relieves coiling in DNA strands ahead of the replication fork
The region containing the RNA polymerase, the DNA template, and the growing RNA transcript is called the
transcription, bubble
During gene expression, the DNA-to-RNA step is known as , while the RNA-to-protein step is known as .
transcription, translation
In the central dogma, the RNA-to-protein step is termed
translation
What process involves the synthesis of a protein, and takes place on the ribosome?
translation
which takes place on the ribosome, is the synthesis of protein from an RNA transcript.
translation
The DNA structure proposed by Watson and Crick involves
two grooves (major and minor) a helical structure a sugar phosphate backbone