RNA Transcription and Translation FINAL EXAM Graded A+.

RNA can form _______ known as ______ - Answer RNA can form secondary structures known as hairpins (or stem loop) RNA can be ____ and ____ (when ____) - Answer RNA can be single stranded and double stranded (when convenient or energetically favorable) While RNA is single stranded, it is energetically favorable for ______________. - Answer While RNA is single stranded, it is energetically favorable for some regions of the molecule to base pair with other regions, as long as there is sequence complementarity. In DNA hairpins are considered ____ and in RNA are considered ____ - Answer Hairpins bad for DNA, but good for RNA they are intentional! RNA is not always ______ - Answer single stranded RNA is also known as a ____ and contains _____ - Answer RNA is also known as a ribozyme and contains characteristics of an enzyme RNA world hypothesis - Answer hypothesis that RNA was the first nucleic acid to evolve and that early life was based on RNA, rather than DNA or protein because of its multiple functions (encoding, catalytic, enzymatic) RNA functions (4) - Answer information coding, structural, catalytic, and enzymatic function RNA is stable as a single strand because it contains a - Answer 2' OH What process makes RNA? - Answer DNA transcription