Simulating Protein Synthesis
Name: ________________________________
Notes: The portions of the DNA sequence below that are in bold are the EXONS, and the portions in italics are the INTRONS. 1. Transcribe the following segment of DNA into pre-mRNA: ACGCGTGCTTACGTATGTGGGTAACAGGTTATGCGTGGAAATTGCGCCGGCTAGTGAGCTAACGGTGGTCTCTTC GGCTTTAAAGTGAATTTACCGTGTACGATACCCATT ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Splice out all of the Introns, and rewrite the sequence below as a complete mRNA. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Write the sequence of amino acids that would be coded for by the above mRNA as you assemble the RNA chain: ________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________
Key: MET, HIS, CYS, PRO, PHE, LYS, SER, LEU, ASP, CYS, ARG, GLU, ALA, VAL, LYS, TRP, TYR, GLY, STOP
