Protein Synthesis

Question	Answer
Protein Synthesis consists of which two stages?	Transcription and Translation
What is Transcription and where does it occur?	– occurs in the nucleus; a strand of messenger RNA (mRNA) is produced from the coding strand of DNA
What is Translation and where does it occur?	this occurs in the ribosomes; the messenger RNA is translated, using transfer RNA (tRNA), into a polypeptide
Diagram:	Image: 9e69181e-3e52-4ea2-9f46-2414b31d041b (image/png)
A molecule of DNA:	Image: b0c531a8-6ee2-4a9f-8ae4-6371eb259030 (image/png)
A molecule of mRNA:	Image: 2a1f279e-bd26-487a-8ddc-442d826400a3 (image/png)
A molecule of tRNA:	Image: 114e2297-f80d-49d4-a21d-f24b8c9eb3f3 (image/png)
Comparison of DNA, mRNA and tRNA:	Image: 9eef89f4-1523-4eb5-beaa-9f431c7b0168 (image/png)
Diagram of Transcription:	Image: 3ab349ac-39a3-4dc4-91af-af0dce412ac4 (image/png)
What happens during Transcription:	Image: 4a9585d4-e595-45ee-ac6d-6be415fa0e72 (image/png)
Once assembled, the mRNA molecule moves:	Out of the nucleus via the pore and into the cytoplasm
What is edited out of pre-mRNA by splicing?	Introns (non coding sections~)
What is Translation?	Image: 9d7e8103-68eb-47e0-b286-207e92b923c5 (image/png)

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	Created by Elena Cade almost 8 years ago