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Protein Synthesis - Activity Sheet PDF
Protein Synthesis - Activity Sheet PDF
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Polypeptide synthesis
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Aims
Protein synthesis is a vital process for all living organisms. This worksheet looks at the
differences in this process between prokaryotic organisms and eukaryotic organisms. You
will be asked to assess the benefits of the different methods. You will also be presented with
some extra details of the process of protein synthesis.
Questions
1 Summarise the differences between protein synthesis in eukaryotes and prokaryotes.
3 Why does prokaryotic mRNA have a much shorter lifespan than eukaryotic mRNA?
5 Why is it important that prokaryotic mRNA does not need any modification after it has been formed?
6 Explain why introns must be removed from the mRNA before leaving the nucleus.
9 Explain how the position of an operon regulator gene affects whether the operon is transcribed
or not.