Question

Oh, no... you dropped your study flashcards, and now they're out of order! Put them back into the correct order for a eukaryotic cell. a. "Combine the mRNA strand with a ribosome and a tRNA carrying a methionine." b. "Unwind the DNA molecule near the promoter." c. "Exit the nucleus to the cytoplasm." d. "Transcribe the complementary RNA strand."

Answer 1

The correct order would be:

b. "Unwind the DNA molecule near the promoter."

d. "Transcribe the complementary RNA strand."

c. "Exit the nucleus to the cytoplasm."

a. "Combine the mRNA strand with a ribosome and a tRNA carrying a methionine."

The given order is according to the central dogma of a cell. According to central dogma DNA is first transcribed into mRNA which is then moved out of nucleus (in eukaryotic cells).

For transcription, the DNA is unwind near the promoter region where transcription factors and RNA polymerase binds the template strand. It then make mRNA which is moved out of the nucleus.

The mRNA then is translated with the help of ribosome and tRNA. The start codon in mRNA usually codes for methionine due to which tRNA carrying methionine recognises the start codon and initiate the process of translation.