Protein Synthesis Name: Biology 5.0 Date: Period:

Use the genetic code below to complete the table

A B C D DNA mRNA TRNA Amino Acid Sequence Codon Anticodon 1 TAC AUG UAC Methionine 2 TTA 3 CCG 4 AAA 5 CCG 6 CCU 7 GTC 8 GUA 9 AUA 10 Tryptophan 11 TGT 12 UAG 13 ATT

Questions:

1. Moving from column A to column B is equivalent to what process?

2. Moving from column B to column D is equivalent to what process?

3. Where does transcription take place?

4. Where does translation take place?

5. How many bases are needed to code for one amino acid?

6. How many different codon combinations are possible?

7. How many amino acids are there?

8. List all of the codons that code for Proline?

9. What8. Listhas allbeen of createdthe codons when that all code of the for substances Proline? listed in column D have been bonded together?

9. What has been created when all of the substances listed in column D have been bonded together?