Which of the following important biochemical reactions in living systems is catalyzed by a ribozyme?

1. Repair of DNA

2. Electron transport chain

3. Formation of peptide bond

4. Organization of MTOC during cell division

The enzyme that catalyzes the peptide bonding in prokaryotes is located in the:

1. Leader region of the mRNA

2. Central part of tRNA

3. Smaller subunit of the ribosome

4. Larger subunit of the ribosome

If there are 999 bases in an RNA that codes for a protein with 333 amino acids and the base at position 901 is deleted such that the length of teh RNA becomes 998 bases, how many codons will be altered?

(1) 1

(2) 11

(3) 33

(4) 333

Which of the following rRNAs act as structral RNA as well as ribozyme in bacteria ?

(1) 5 srRNA

(2) 18 srRNA

(3) 23 srRNA

 (4) 58 srRNA

Which one of the following pairs of codons are correctly matched with their function or the signal for the particular amino acid?

1. GUU, GCU – Alanine

2. UAG, UGA – Stop

3. AUG, ACG – Start/methionine

4. UUA, UCA – Leucine