Copy of Transcription/Translation Interactive (5/28/2026)

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Copy of Transcription/Translation Interactive (5/28/2026)

Last updated about 3 hours ago

13 questions

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B.4.2 Construct an explanation for how the structure of DNA determines the structure of proteins which carry out the essential functions of life through systems of specialized cells.

Learning Goals:
I can explain how the structure of DNA determines the structure of proteins.
I can explain that proteins carry out the essential functions of life through systems of specialized cells.

Cell Transcription and Translation Interactive
Click "start".
Across the top of the interactive, you will see three tabs - "overview", "transcription", and "translation." Make sure that you do each tab in order.
Begin with "overview." 
Read the information and pay attention to the animations that are presented on each slide.
At the bottom right of the screen, you will see a forward and backward arrow that you can use to navigate through the interactive.
Use the information provided to help you answer the questions under the interactive.

Overview:

According to the overview, why can't DNA leave the nucleus to enter the cytoplasm to make proteins?

According to the overview, after the amino acid chain is complete, it will fold up to form a _______ protein, which has a _______ structure.

Transcription:

_______ is the first of two-steps in protein synthesis (the making of proteins).
slide 1

Every single gene that is used in protein synthesis has three sections - promoter, coding region, and terminator.

The function of the promoter is to _______. 
The coding region _______. 
The termination sequence _______. 

Slides 2 - 4

The enzyme that is responsible for making mRNA by reading the gene on the DNA molecule is _______. 

RNA polymerase recognizes (and attaches to) the _______ of the gene.
RNA polymerase will _______ the double helix after it binds to the DNA.
RNA polymerase will begin to build an mRNA once it reaches the _______ of the gene.
_______ are added by the RNA as it reads each nucleotide on the gene of the DNA.

Slides 5 - 10

The mRNA will _______ once the RNA polymerase reaches the terminator sequence.
This prevents transcription from continuing which leads to the mRNA to _______ 

Slide 11-12

Translation:

During translation, the ribosome will read _______ on the mRNA at a time; each of these sequences of three nucleotides are called a _______. 

Slide 8

The ribosome is looking for the _______ (AUG), which is where the construction of an _______ will begin.

Slide 10

tRNA is used to _______ to the ribosome.
The part of the tRNA that determines the type of amino acid is the _______. 

Slide 11-12

tRNA's have an anticodon that has a three-nucleotide sequence that matches the _______ on the mRNA are brought into the ribosome carrying their amino acid.

Slide 14-15

The process of the tRNA's bringing in amino acids to the ribosome leads to an elongation of the amino acid chain will continue until the ribosome reads the _______. 

After the amino acid chain is released, it will _______ into a 3-dimensional structure that will form a functional protein.

Slide 19 - 22

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Copy of Transcription/Translation Interactive (5/28/2026)

Copy of Transcription/Translation Interactive (5/28/2026)

According to the overview, why can't DNA leave the nucleus to enter the cytoplasm to make proteins?

Provide a list of one - two things that you either learned or confusions that were cleared up in this activity.

According to the overview, why can't DNA leave the nucleus to enter the cytoplasm to make proteins?

Provide a list of one - two things that you either learned or confusions that were cleared up in this activity.

After having completed this activity, my confidence regarding this topic has: