Protein Synthesis- TRANSLATION

Question 1

DNA (Template)

Answer 1

TACGGATTAACT -> AUGCCUAAUUGA

Question 2

Step 1 of Translation

Answer 2

mRNA leaves the nucleus and enters the cytoplasm of the cell.

Question 3

Step 2 of Translation

Answer 3

It attaches to a rhibosome (protein making factory) and, the mRNA is translated by the rhibosome to make a polypetide chain (a protein).

Question 4

Step 3 of Translation

Answer 4

The building blocks of a protein is called amino acids (20 types).

Question 5

Step 4 of Translation

Answer 5

The process needs help of another molecule called the tRNA which carries the amino acids in the cytoplasm and helps join the chain being at the rhibosome.

Question 6

How do tRNA’s work?

Answer 6

-Rhibosomes read the mRNA three nucelotides at a time (a codon)
- contains the complementary anti-codons for mRNA codons and the corresponding amino acids
-mRNA always start with a start codon (AUG)- codes for methione
- Ends with a stop codon (UAA/UAG/UGA)

Question 7

What is a mutation?

Answer 7

Is a permanant change to a DNA sequence- changes the protein’s structure or function