RNA STRUCTURE QUIZ

DNA polymerase

all of these

T4 DNA ligase

T4 RNA ligase

It carries amino acids

It is a component of the ribosomes

It is a direct copy of a gene

It is the genetic material of some organisms

5'-Gp Cp Up Ap-3'

5'-Ap Up Cp Gp-3'

5'-Ap Tp Cp Gp-3'

5'-Gp Cp Tp Ap-3'

Bacteriophage DNA ligase

A restriction endonuclease from E. coli

Bacterial alpha-amylase

Human insulin

all of these

DNA

RNA

protein

120 bp

100 bp

80 bp

140 bp

single strand nature

ribose

adenine

uracil

mRNA.

aribosome.

rRNA.

tRNA.

cytosine

guanine

adenine

thymine

resembles the 3-dimensional structure of other tRNAs

is maintained mostly by non-Watson-Crick base pairing

All of these

involves extensive base stacking interactions