DNA Translation Questions
DNA Translation Questions
1. Explain the biochemical basis for the action of erythromycin as an antibacterial agent.
(50)
(AL1998 CAT2)
2. Explain the role of tRNA in the accurate reading of the nucleotide.(40)
(AL1999 CAT2)
3. List the steps involving in the synthesis of proteins in the rough ER.(60)
(AL2000 CAT2)
4. Defective splicing of a pre-mRNA resulted in a small portion of an intron being
present in the final mRNA (see figure below).Predict the effects of translation of this
mRNA giving reasons.(50)
Exon 1
Exon 2
Exon 3
GPPP
AAAA
Part of intron 2
(AL2001 CAT2)
5. Shown below is a nucleotide sequence and corresponding amino acids of a protein
coding gene.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
G C G G A T C G T A G C C
Alanine
(AL2002 CAT2)