Making Proteins from DNA
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Objective
I can describe the steps of protein synthesis, including transcription and translation. I can write the complementary mRNA sequence from a DNA sequence. I can use a codon wheel to determine the amino acid sequence from mRNA.
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Key concepts
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Proteins are long chains of amino acids that are coded for by DNA.
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During transcription, RNA polymerase unwinds DNA and creates mRNA using complementary base pairing.
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In translation, tRNA molecules bring specific amino acids to the ribosome, where they match with mRNA codons to form a polypeptide chain.
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Practice
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What is the central role of DNA in protein synthesis?
What is a codon, and what does it code for?
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Exit ticket
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“A strand of DNA has the following sequence of nitrogenous bases: T-A-C-G-G-T-A-T-T. 1) Transcribe this sequence into mRNA. 2) What amino acid sequence does this mRNA specify?”
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