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1. Match the antibiotic with the correct mechanism of action on the right. *Stre

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Question

1. Match the antibiotic with the correct mechanism of action on the right.

*Streptomycin

*Erythromycin

*Chloramphenicol

*Puromycin

*Tetracycline

A) inhibits the binding of aminoacyl-tRNAs to the ribosome

B) interferes with normal pairing between aminoacyl-tRNAs and mRNA codon

C) binds to 23s RNA

D) causes premature chain termination

E) blocks elongation by acting as a competitive inhibitor of the peptidyl transferase complex

2. Which of the following amino acid sequences would NOT be produced by the translation of the repeating mRNA sequence (GCU)n (where n= number of repeating units)?

A) (-C-C-C)n

B) (-S-S-S)n

C) (-A-A-A)n

D) (-L-L-L)n

3. An ________ is a sequence within a mRNA that is bounded by stop and start codons that can be continuously translated. (Fill in the blank)

4. Termination of translation occurs when a stop codon is translocated into the ____ site of the ribosome. (Fill in the blank)

Explanation / Answer

Answer 1 :-

*Streptomycin ---> B) interferes with normal pairing between aminoacyl-tRNAs and mRNA codon

*Erythromycin ----> E) blocks elongation by acting as a competitive inhibitor of the peptidyl transferase complex

*Chloramphenicol ----> C) binds to 23s RNA

*Puromycin ---> D) causes premature chain termination

*Tetracycline ----> A) inhibits the binding of aminoacyl-tRNAs to the ribosome

Answer 2 :- (A) (-C-C-C)n

Answer 3 :- An open reading frame is a sequence within a mRNA that is bounded by stop and start codons that can be continuously translated.

Answer 4 :- Termination of translation occurs when a stop codon is translocated into the A site of the ribosome.