This is Gene. He is a portion of the human genome. He represents the instructions to make a specife protein. Below are a series of steps that will see Gene change form as he moves throughout different areas of the cell. Draw a map of the cellular joumey Gene takes, drawing cut specific processes that will transtorm Gene along the way. 1) (1 point) Using a blank sheet of paper, draw and label the organele in which Gene is housed. Leaving out the specific sequence, draw and identify the 3 different shapes (arrow, rectangle, octagon) that make up Gene's "anatomy." What is the functon of each shape? Include what term is given to the entire 3 . shape structure. 2) (2 point) What is the name of the first process that will take Gene one step closer to being a protein? In what organele do you tinik it is occurring? Dranw out this process. Include in your drawing the following (with labels): a. Main enayme b. Names of nucleic acids involved with their polarity (don't worry about exact sequences for the drawing) c. Template Strand d. Coding strand 3) (2 point) What is the nucloic acid sequence produced by the process in (2)? Given the ewons and intron indicated in the image above, how will this sequence change after post-transcriptional modifcation? What elements wil be added to the beginning andlor end of this processed molecule? Where in the cell do you think postt-transcriptional modfication occurs? 4) (1 point) If the nucleic acid from ( 3 ) is to take the next step toward becoming a protein, where does it need to go (iee. What enzyme does it need to find)? Where are those enzymes found in the cel? What wilt it pass through on its way? (Hint: all nucleic aods are charged) 5) (1 point) Once the nucleic acid has found its way to the enzyme that will mediate the next transiomasion, where is it in the cell? 6) (2 point) Draw out the process that will turn the nucleic acid into a polypeptide. a. mRNA (with polarity, but don't womy about the exact sequence) b. IRNA c. antioodon Submission.

1. This is Gene. He is a portion of the human genome. He represents the instructions to make a
specife protein. Below are a series of steps that will see Gene change form as he moves
throughout different areas of the cell. Draw a map of the cellular joumey Gene takes, drawing cut
specific processes that will transtorm Gene along the way. 1) (1 point) Using a blank sheet of
paper, draw and label the organele in which Gene is housed. Leaving out the specific sequence,
draw and identify the 3 different shapes (arrow, rectangle, octagon) that make up Gene's
"anatomy." What is the functon of each shape? Include what term is given to the entire 3 . shape
structure. 2) (2 point) What is the name of the first process that will take Gene one step closer to
being a protein? In what organele do you tinik it is occurring? Dranw out this process. Include in
your drawing the following (with labels): a. Main enayme b. Names of nucleic acids involved
with their polarity (don't worry about exact sequences for the drawing) c. Template Strand d.
Coding strand 3) (2 point) What is the nucloic acid sequence produced by the process in (2)?
Given the ewons and intron indicated in the image above, how will this sequence change after
post-transcriptional modifcation? What elements wil be added to the beginning andlor end of this
processed molecule? Where in the cell do you think postt-transcriptional modfication occurs? 4)
(1 point) If the nucleic acid from ( 3 ) is to take the next step toward becoming a protein, where
does it need to go (iee. What enzyme does it need to find)? Where are those enzymes found in
the cel? What wilt it pass through on its way? (Hint: all nucleic aods are charged) 5) (1 point)
Once the nucleic acid has found its way to the enzyme that will mediate the next transiomasion,
where is it in the cell? 6) (2 point) Draw out the process that will turn the nucleic acid into a
polypeptide. a. mRNA (with polarity, but don't womy about the exact sequence) b. IRNA c.
antioodon Submission