AP BIOLOGY

THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE

STRUCTURE OF NUCLEIC ACIDS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
If AAGAGG went through transcription during protein synthesis, the complementary bases would be ____
A
TTCTCC
B
UUCUCC
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In the case of nucleic acids, complementarity generally involves base pairing. For example, mRNA is complementary to one strand of DNA, and the anticodon of tRNA is complementary to the codon in mRNA. Replication, transcription, and translation all involve base‐pairing at several levels.

Detailed explanation-2: -RNA polymerase synthesizes an RNA transcript complementary to the DNA template strand in the 5’ to 3’ direction. It moves forward along the template strand in the 3’ to 5’ direction, opening the DNA double helix as it goes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Complementary DNA (cDNA) is a DNA copy of a messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule produced by reverse transcriptase, a DNA polymerase that can use either DNA or RNA as a template.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: RNA polymerase is the enzyme that adds complementary RNA nucleotides during transcription. There are three different types of RNA polymerase (RNA Pol) enzymes in eukaryotic cells.

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