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What is the maximum number of different amino acids in a polypeptide chain coded by the synthetic polyribonucleotides (UCAG)5?
Options
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
Correct Answer
Three
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1. What is the action of tetracycline in prokaryotes?
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A. It blocks translocation reaction on ribosomes
B. It blocks peptidyl transferase reaction on ribosomes
C. It blocks the binding of amino-acyl tRNA to the A site of ribosomes
D. Not known with certainity
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Correct Answer: It blocks the binding of amino-acyl tRNA to the A site of ribosomes
2. Three stop codons, which aids in termination of translation are also known as
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A. pause codons
B. nonsense codons
C. missense codons
D. antisense codons
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Correct Answer: nonsense codons
3. Which of the following act as the blueprint or template for the process of protein synthesis that takes place on ribosomes?
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A. rRNA
B. DNA
C. tRNA
D. mRNA
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Correct Answer: mRNA
4. The ribosome binding site
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A. forms a stem-loop structure in the RNA
B. is located upstream of the promoter sequence
C. is located immediately upstream of the start codon
D. is more likely to be associated with an operon than with a gene encoding a single protein
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Correct Answer: is located immediately upstream of the start codon
5. When was the genetic code completed?
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A. 1958
B. 1952
C. 1966
D. 1968
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Correct Answer: 1966
6. Which binding is inhibited by pactamycin?
Options
A. Aminoacyl-tRNA to the A-site of 30S subunit
B. Initiator-tRNA to 30S/40S initiation complexes
C. Peptidyl t-RNA to the 50S subunit
D. Formation of peptide bond in P site
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Correct Answer: Initiator-tRNA to 30S/40S initiation complexes
7. Which stop codon has been found to encode selenocysteine?
Options
A. UAA
B. UAG
C. UGA
D. AGA
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Correct Answer: UGA
8. Which of the following defines an open reading frame (ORF)?
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A. A sequence of genome in bacteriophage
B. The sequence of a complete genome
C. A plasmid vector used in genome sequencing
D. A possible gene predicted by DNA sequencing
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Correct Answer: A possible gene predicted by DNA sequencing
9. The final step of gene expression is protein synthesis, which is also known as
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A. replication
B. translation
C. transcription
D. none of these
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Correct Answer: translation
10. Site in the ribosome from which the tRNA donates amino acids to the growing polypeptide chain is
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A. P site
B. O site
C. T site
D. A site
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Correct Answer: P site
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