Protein synthesis

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  • Protein synthesis
    • Translation
      • tRNA is free to collect another amino acid
      • Complement-ary bases of tRNA pair with the bases on the mRNA strand
      • Amino acids that are close together are joined to make an amino acid chain
        • This a polypeptide
      • tRNA molecules bring amino acids to the ribosome.
        • The amino acid attached to each tRNA molecule depends on the order of bases in the tRNA
      • Every protein is formed from a specific number of amino acids in a particular order
        • The order of the bases in the DNA defines the order in which the amino acids are joined together
        • One section of DNA codes for one particular protein
      • Ribosome moves along the mRNA in this direction reading one codon at a time
        • A codon is a triplet of bases
    • Transcription
      • Section of DNA unwound - 2 strands separate
      • Free complement-ary bases pair with open bases
      • Free bases join to make mRNA
        • In mRNA, T is replaced with U

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