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NAME_____KEY(SEQUENCE1)___________________________________
1.
2.
ChooseaDNAsequence.Recorditsnumber:______1_____
UsingtheRNApolymerase,findthe10and35sequencesofthepromoterinyourDNAsequence.WhichDNAstrandwillbe
thetemplatestrandfortheproductionofanmRNAmolecule(WatsonorCrick)?____WATSON____________________________
3.
RNAPolymerasewillhelpyoudecidewheretobeginpolymerizingnucleotides.Usthisinformationtodeterminethe+1
nucleotideofthemRNAmolecule(thereisno0positionthebasesflanking+1are1toonesideand+2totheotherside).Record
thesequenceofthemRNAbelow,startingatthe+1nucleotideandcontinuingthroughthe3endofthemRNA.Labelthe5and3
endsofthenewlysynthesizedmRNAmolecule.Youdonotneedtoshowthesugarphosphatebackboneasitiscustomarytolistonly
thesequenceofnitrogenousbases.
5AAGGUGUAUGGCGUUCUGGACGUAGAAGGCAAUGCCUUUUG3
3
4.
Ontherightarethetwodeoxyribonucleotidesof
thetemplateDNAstrandthatarecomplementarytothe
firsttoribonucleotidesinthemRNAtranscript.
Completethefollowingsteps:
a.
Fillinthenitrogenousbases(usingA,T,
G,orC)ofthetwodeoxyribonucleotides,paying
closeattentiontothepolarityoftheDNA
molecule.
b.
OppositetheDNAtemplate,drawthe
firsttworibonucleotidesofthemRNA.Include
thesugarphosphatebackboneanduseA,U,G,
orCforthenitrogenousbases.Again,payclose
attentiontothepolarityofthemRNAmolecule.
c.
Drawthehydrogenbondsbetweenthe
basesoftheDNAtemplateandmRNA.Label
the5and3endsofthemRNA.