Coding And Template Strand Of Dna
3 cgcuauagcguuu 5 mrna antisense transcript.
Coding and template strand of dna. From 5 end to 3 end. Paul sims explains and works out how to start with a coding strand of dna transcribe it to mrna and translate the mrna to a polypeptide. One strand of dna holds the information that codes for various genes. The other and complementary strand is called the coding strand or sense strand containing codons.
Rna strand that is transcribed from the noncoding template antisense strand. The template strand moves from the 3 end to the 5 end whereas the coding strand moves opposite to the direction of the template strand i e. The non template dna strand which runs in the 5 to 3 direction is referred to as the coding strand since it contains the same nucleotide sequence in the mrna strand. Therefore the main difference between template and coding strand is their ability to be transcribed by rna polymerases.
From dna to rna. Except for the fact that all thymines are now uracils t u it is complementary to the noncoding template antisense dna strand and identical to the coding nontemplate sense dna strand. Not all dna strands in a cell are transcribed into rna. Template strand is the dna strand that acts as a template for rna synthesis while the other strand is called coding strand.
The term template strand refers to the sequence of dna that is copied during the synthesis of mrna. This strand is often called the template strand or antisense strand containing anticodons. Anti codons in the template strand are identified as groups of three bases moving from the right end 5 end to the left end 3 end. Both are the two different strands of the double stranded dna where template strand works as a template or base to transcribe mrna and the other determines the correct base sequence of the mrna.
This hybrid consists of the most recently added nucleotides of the rna transcript complementary base paired to the template strand. This is the reason why dna has been referred to as the double helix. The key difference between these two strands is that template strand possesses the opposite base sequence of rna while coding strand possesses the same base sequence of rna with the exception of thymine instead uracil. Where the helix is unwound the coding strand consists of unpaired bases while the template strand consists of an rna dna composite followed by a number of unpaired bases at the rear.
That is moving in the direction of synthesis.