Question

What is the function of the shine–dalgarno consensus sequence? rna polymerase binding site during transcription marking the site where the transcription should begin spliceosome binding site during post-transcriptional modification dna polymerase binding site during replication ribosome binding site during prokaryotic protein synthesis?

Answer 1

The name Shine-Dalgarno sequence originated from Australian scientists John Shine and Lynn Dalgarno. This sequence is defined as a ribosomal binding site in prokaryotic cells like bacteria and archaea. The RNA sequence is AGGAGG. This helps the ribosome to the messenger RNA whose function is to carry genetic information from the DNA to the ribosome. This transfer of genetic information yields to protein synthesis which always starts with a start codon AUG. It is the function of the Shine-Dalgarno sequence to align the ribosome to the start codon in order for the mRNA to initiate protein synthesis. 

Therefore, the answer is: ribosome binding site during prokaryotic protein synthesis