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Answer 2 of the 4 questions, each in 1-2 paragraph on a separate page. Hand in all
mechanisms and drawings on this sheet. Due Monday since grades are due Tuesday.
1) Explain why DNA Polymerase performs replication in the 5 3 direction and
not the other way around; answer in terms of charged molecules initiating a
reaction, nucleophilic attack, and tri-phosphate leaving groups.
2) In what ways do pigments harness light energy? AND, for three of the
following four, explain why pigments remain stable when excited.
Yet this study reveals a surprising role for one member of the quality control team, a protein
conserved from yeast to man named Rqc2. Before the incomplete protein is recycled, Rqc2
prompts the ribosomes to add just two amino acids (of a total of 20) alanine and threonine
- over and over, and in any order. Think of an auto assembly line that keeps going despite
having lost its instructions. University of Utah Health Care