WGU C785 Biochemistry Unit4
DNA - ✔✔A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes.
RNA - ✔✔A single-stranded nucleic acid that passes along genetic messages
Central Dogma - ✔✔DNA->transcription->RNA->translation->protein
Bases of DNA - ✔✔Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine
Bases of RNA - ✔✔Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Uracil
Nucleotide - ✔✔A building block of DNA, consisting of a five-carbon sugar covalently bonded to a
nitrogenous base and a phosphate group.
Nucleic Acid - ✔✔DNA and RNA
Helicase - ✔✔An enzyme that untwists the double helix at the replication forks, separating the two
parental strands and making them available as template strands.
DNA Polymerase - ✔✔Enzyme involved in DNA replication that joins individual nucleotides to
produce a DNA molecule
Primase - ✔✔An enzyme that joins RNA nucleotides to make the primer using the parental DNA
strand as a template.
Codon - ✔✔Three-nucleotide sequence on messenger RNA that codes for a single amino acid
Codon Chart - ✔✔Device used to determine the amino acid coded for by a codon
DNA - ✔✔A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes.
RNA - ✔✔A single-stranded nucleic acid that passes along genetic messages
Central Dogma - ✔✔DNA->transcription->RNA->translation->protein
Bases of DNA - ✔✔Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine
Bases of RNA - ✔✔Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Uracil
Nucleotide - ✔✔A building block of DNA, consisting of a five-carbon sugar covalently bonded to a
nitrogenous base and a phosphate group.
Nucleic Acid - ✔✔DNA and RNA
Helicase - ✔✔An enzyme that untwists the double helix at the replication forks, separating the two
parental strands and making them available as template strands.
DNA Polymerase - ✔✔Enzyme involved in DNA replication that joins individual nucleotides to
produce a DNA molecule
Primase - ✔✔An enzyme that joins RNA nucleotides to make the primer using the parental DNA
strand as a template.
Codon - ✔✔Three-nucleotide sequence on messenger RNA that codes for a single amino acid
Codon Chart - ✔✔Device used to determine the amino acid coded for by a codon
