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Lecture2 PDF
Lecture2 PDF
Reverse Transcription
(REVERSE
TRASNCRIPTASE)
Replication
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NOTE:
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Transcription
•Biosynthesis of RNA from a DNA template
Types of RNA
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•In Eukarya:
1. RNA polymerase I – 18S, 5.8S and 28S rRNA
Stages of Transcription
Terminator
sequence
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Translation
•Biosynthesis of amino acid sequence from an mRNA
template
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Translation
•Requires all three classes of RNAs
•mRNA
•tRNA
•rRNA
mRNA
•Codon – triplet of nucleotides that code for an
amino acid
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tRNA
•Acts as adapter between codons and amino acids
•Anticodon – triplet nucleotides, complementary
with codon
Aminoacyl-tRNA
Activation of tRNA
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rRNA
•Binds with ribonucleoproteins to form ribosomes
Small subunit
E
P A
Large subunit
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28S
28S RNA
Small
Type Size Large subunit
subunit
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Initiation
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Elongation
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Termination
NOTE:
•Transcription and
translation occur
simultaneously in
PROKARYOTES
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