Protein Synthesis Flashcards
Whats one of the things Proteins do?
Carry Oxygen!
How many pieces of oxygen can a Hemoglobin carry?
280 Million
Where does glucose go to be utilized?
The mitochondria
Where is DNA
Nucleus
Where are proteins made?
Ribosomes
Where are ribosomes made?
In the nucleolus!
After ribosomes are made, where do they go?
To the Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum.
How does DNA become a protein?
What codes for protein synthesis
DNA
What are proteins made of
Amino Acids
How many genes are in each human?
22,000 genes in each human
Genes are ________
Proteins!
How amino acids are needed for humans?
20
How many amino acids does your body create?
10
Where do you get the other 10 of your amino acids?
From food!!
How many bases are needed to code for an amino acid?
3 bases called a codon
What is the site of protein synthesis?
Ribosomes!
How does info get out of the nucleus?
Messenger is RNA (mRNA)
What is RNA
Ribonucleic Acid