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There are two answers to this question: An extremely complex and amazing enzyme called a ribosome reads messenger RNA, produced from the DNA, and converts it into amino-acid chains. To pick the right amino acids, a ribosome takes the nucleotides in sets of three to encode for the 20 ...
DNA polymerases were named for their function of catalysing DNA replication, a process that is necessary for growth and propagation of life. DNA involving Watson–Crick base-pairing can be synthesized with high fidelity, the structural and mechanistic or
Another such software is NOREC4DNA, which allows users to test and compare erasure codes such as fountain codes for their application in DNA storage [21]. These tools allow users to implement available codes to readily convert their data into DNA without the hassle of applying each encoding ...
How do you find the amino acid from tRNA? How many codons specify the twenty types of amino acids? How are nucleotides related to amino acids? How do mRNA and tRNA work together during protein synthesis? Problem 1. Convert the DNA into a mRNA. Decode the mRNA into a sequence ...
The MiaB protein from the bacteria Bacteroides uniforms is a member of the radical SAM (S-adenosylmethionine) family of enzymes. Radical SAM enzymes typically use one of their own iron-sulfur clusters to convert a SAM molecule into a “free radical” that helps move the reaction forward...
You need magnesium to produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP) which is your primary source of energy. Magnesium is required for the synthesis of RNA and DNA[xxix], and regulates ion channels which govern the flow of neurotransmitters.One animal study showed magnesium reduced blood-brain barrier ...
GAPDH converts glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (G3P) and NAD+ into 1,3-bisphosphoglycerate (1,3-BPG) and NADH. It also plays an important role in aerobic glycolysis and has been found to be upregulated in the contexts of several kinds of cancer, but the exact cause of the upregulation remai...
(Sos) protein. The latter converts the inactivated form bound to Ras GDP (Ras-GDP) to the activated form bound to Ras GTP (Ras-GTP). Ras-GTP activates downstream effectors, such as Raf, which stimulates Mek41. Finally, Mek phosphorylates and activates ERK which, in turn, regulates gene...
cDNA refers to complementary DNA, and typically is synthesized from a mature mRNA template; that is, RNA that has had introns removed and a poly-A tail added to its 3' end. Often, the mRNA is isolated from a particular type of tissue or developmental stage of an organism. Thus, cDNAs ...