RNA

Structure, Transcription
and Editing
Four RNA Bases
NH2 O
Adenine Uracil
N
N NH

NH N NH O

Guanine O NH2
Cytosine
N
NH N

NH N NH2
NH O
The Sugar
HO OH
O

OH OH

Ribose
The Nucleotides NH2

C
NH2

O
A N
N
O
N

N HO P O N O
HO P O N O
O
OH OH

OH OH OH OH

O O

O
G N
NH
O U NH

HO P O N N NH2 N O
HO P O
O O
OH OH

OH OH OH OH
The
Central
Dogma
Transcription
Transcription is the process by
which RNA is built from a
template of DNA
Transcription
Transcription - Initiation

- RNA Polymerase
Transcription - Elongation
Transcription - Termination
Editing mRNA
Codons
in
RNA