learning targets “i can...” -state how many nucleotides make up a codon. -use a codon chart to...

Learning Targets“I Can . . .”

-State how many nucleotides make up a codon.

-Use a codon chart to find the corresponding amino acid.

RNA Protein (Translation)

1. TACGGCAAACTTACT

DNA

mRNA

Protein

RNA Protein (Translation)

2. TACGCCATT

DNA

mRNA

Protein

RNA Protein (Translation)

3. TACAAAAAGTGGATC

DNA

mRNA

Protein

alanine - ala - A (gif, interactive) arginine - arg - R (gif, interactive)

asparagine - asn - N (gif, interactive) aspartic acid - asp - D (gif, interactive)

cysteine - cys - C (gif, interactive) glutamine - gln - Q (gif, interactive)

glutamic acid - glu - E (gif, interactive) glycine - gly - G (gif, interactive) histidine - his - H (gif, interactive) isoleucine - ile - I (gif, interactive) leucine - leu - L (gif, interactive) lysine - lys - K (gif, interactive)

methionine - met - M (gif, interactive) phenylalanine - phe - F (gif, interactive)

proline - pro - P (gif, interactive) serine - ser - S (gif, interactive)

threonine - thr - T (gif, interactive) tryptophan - trp - W (gif, interactive)

tyrosine - tyr - Y (gif, interactive) valine - val - V (gif, interactive)

References

• http://www.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/education/AminoAcid/the_twenty.html

• http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/

• http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=transciption