Name: Date: Entry #: PROTEIN SYNTHESIS PRACTICE Protein synthesis is a complex process. In this activity, you will trace the steps that are involved in the protein synthesis of a part of an oxytocin molecule. Oxytocin is a pituitary gland (brain) hormone that helps regulate blood pressure, stimulates the uterus to contract during childbirth and stimulates the production of milk after childbirth. 1) Protein synthesis begins with DNA in the nucleus. Below is a DNA sequence that codes for part of an oxytocin molecule. Write the sequence of messenger RNA (MRNA) codons that would result from the transcription of this portion of DNA. The arrow marks the starting point. DNA АСА TTG АCG GGG AAC CC 9 ATA ATT TAG 3 CTT 2 4. 7 10 MRNA
Gene Interactions
When the expression of a single trait is influenced by two or more different non-allelic genes, it is termed as genetic interaction. According to Mendel's law of inheritance, each gene functions in its own way and does not depend on the function of another gene, i.e., a single gene controls each of seven characteristics considered, but the complex contribution of many different genes determine many traits of an organism.
Gene Expression
Gene expression is a process by which the instructions present in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are converted into useful molecules such as proteins, and functional messenger ribonucleic (mRNA) molecules in the case of non-protein-coding genes.
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