Independent Practice: Transcription & Translation

Transcription: 12. How does the ribosome know when to stop translating an RNA sequence?

1. Transcribe the template strand of DNA, below, into a piece of mRNA:

DNA: 3’- T A C T T A G C A A G A T C G T T T A T T - 5’

mRNA: __AUG-AAU-CGU-UCU-AGC-AAA-UAA____________

2. How many codons are in your mRNA sequence? _____7_________

3. Where does transcription occur in cells?

In the nucleus.

Translation:

4. Use the codon chart, below, to translate the mRNA sequence from #1
into an amino acid chain (use the 3-letter abbreviations):

Amino Acids: __MET-ASN-ARG-SER-SER-LYS-

STOP_________________________________________________

5. How many amino acids were in your polypeptide chain? ____6_____

6. What cell part performs the translation process?

ribosome
7. Where in the cell does this occur?
___cytoplasm________________________

8. What type of RNA carries the DNA message to be read by the ribosome?
MRNA

9. What type of RNA assembles the ribosome?

RRNA

10. What type of RNA carries amino acids to the ribosome and matches them
to a codon? TRNA
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