Chemosynthesis and protein biosynthesis
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1
Compare chemosynthesis and photosynthesis in a table: energy source, pigment, example.
Photo: light, chlorophyll, green plant. Chemo: oxidation of inorganic substances, no chlorophyll, nitrifying bacteria.
2
If a DNA strand is TACCCGAAA, write the mRNA and find the protein from the table.
mRNA: AUG–GGC–UUU; protein: Met–Gly–Phe.
3
A protein consists of 80 amino acids. How many nucleotides are in the coding gene segment (one strand)?
240
4
What is the length in nm of the part coding a 200-amino-acid protein? (spacing 0.34 nm = 34/100 nm)
204
5
Why must DNA double (replication) before division?
So that each new cell receives the full hereditary information.