BMB 400 Chap 14 Ribosome Flash Cards

 
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polypeptide exiting channel -only alpha helices can fit
-no B sheets
-other 2ary or 3ary have to form later
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mRNA binding channel -only ssRNA can fit
-removes 2ary structures
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kinky... ...there's a kink in the mRNA site between A and P sites to facilitate maintenance of the correct reading frame 0 mcs5109 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:17:12 GMT view revision history
E site binding site for the tRNA that is released after the growing polypeptide chain has been transferred to the aminoacyl-tRNA (E is for exit) 0 mcs5109 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:12:47 GMT view revision history
P site binding site for peptidyl-tRNA 0 mcs5109 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:12:47 GMT view revision history
A site binding site for aminoacylated-tRNA 0 mcs5109 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:12:47 GMT view revision history
16S rRNA -contacts anticodon loops
-decodes
-not some fancy-schmancy protein
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peptidyl transferase center -is composed entirely of RNA 0 mcs5109 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:09:59 GMT view revision history
The bond b/w the ____ tRNA bond and growing peptide bond is broken peptidyl tRNA (P site) 0 mcs5109 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:06:40 GMT view revision history
New Amino Acids Are Attached to the _______ of the Growing Polypeptide Chain -C terminus 0 mcs5109 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:05:11 GMT view revision history
There is 1 ribosome for every ___ nucleotides of mRNA 80 0 mcs5109 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:05:11 GMT view revision history
Polyribosome -mRNA bearing >1 ribosome

-if not, 90% of ribosomes just sittin' around doin' nuthin'
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Small subunit of ribosome consists of... ...Decoding center: charged tRNAs read mRNA codons ("A")
-mRNA binding site
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Large subunit of ribosome consists of... ...Peptidyl transfer center: forms peptide bonds ("P")
...Peptide exit channel ("E")
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What's % for ribosome? Ribosome consists of 2 subunits
60% RNA
40% protein
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What's the translation speed? -Translation speed of ribosome = 20 aa/sec (60 nt/sec)
RNA polymerase synthesizes 50-100 nt/sec
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in euks, do RNA polymerase and translation happen on same mRNA? -NO!!
-only in pros
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