2. CytoplasmNucleu s 3. CytoplasmNucleus 4. CytoplasmNucleus 5.
CytoplasmNucleus 6. CytoplasmNucleus 7.
CytoplasmNucleusTACGGTCATCACACT ATGCCAGTAGTGTGA 8. NucleusCytoplasm
RNA polymeraseDNA strandTACGGTCATCACACT ATGCCAGTAGTGTGA 9.
NucleusCytoplasmRNA polymeraseTACGGTCATCACACT
ATGCCAGTAGTGTGAPromoter Region 10. NucleusCytoplasmA U GmRNA
strandTACGGTC ATCACACT RNA polymeraseATGCCAGTAGTGTGA 11.
NucleusCytoplasmA UG C CATACGGTCATCACACT RNA
polymeraseATGCCAGTAGTGTGA Coding Region 12. NucleusCytoplasmCC AG
AU G UATACGGTCATCACACT RNA polymeraseATGCCAGTAGTGTGA Termination
Sequence 13. CytoplasmNucleusC AG C AU G UAGUGTACGGTCATCACACT RNA
polymeraseATGCCAGTAGTGTGA Termination Sequence 14.
NucleusCytoplasmAUAG U A G GC CUG UG ATACGGTCATCACACT RNA
polymeraseATGCCAGTAGTGTGA Termination Sequence 15.
NucleusCytoplasmAUAG U A G GC CUG UG ATACGGTCATCACACT RNA
polymeraseATGCCAGTAGTGTGA Termination Sequence 16.
NucleusCytoplasmTACGGTCATCACACT ATGCCAGTAGTGTGA Note: The DNA
strand binds back together after the mRNA strand is synthesized 17.
Cytoplasm Nucleus 18. Cytoplasm NucleusmRNA strand 19. Cytoplasm
NucleusRibosomeNuclear Pore 20. Cytoplasm NucleusRibosomeNuclear
Pore 21. Cytoplasm NucleusRibosomeNuclear Pore 22. Cytoplasm
NucleusRibosomeNuclear Pore 23. CytoplasmA U G C C A G UmRNA
strandA G U G U G A 24. CytoplasmRibosome: large subunitA U G C C A
G USmall subunitA G U G U G A 25. Cytoplasm Amino acidtRNAU A C A U
G C C A G UAnti-codonA G U G U G A 26. CytoplasmCodonU A C A U G C
C A G UStart CodonA G U G U G A 27. CytoplasmG G U U A C A U G C C
A G UA G U G U G A 28. CytoplasmU A C G G U A U G C C A G UA G U G
U G A 29. CytoplasmU A C G G U A U G C C A G UA G U G U G A 30.
CytoplasmU A C G G U A U G C C A G UA G U G U G A 31.
CytoplasmPeptide BondG G U A U G C C A G UA G U G U G A 32.
CytoplasmC A U G G U A U G C C A G UA G U G U G A 33. CytoplasmG G
U C A A U G C C A G UU A G U G U G A 34. CytoplasmG G UC A A U G C
C A G UU A G U G U G A 35. CytoplasmG G UC A A U G C C A G UU A G U
G U G A 36. CytoplasmC ACC A A U G C C A G UU A G U G U G A 37.
CytoplasmC A A U G C C A G UU C A C A G U G U G A 38. CytoplasmA U
G C C A G UC A C A G U G U G A 39. CytoplasmA C UA U G C C A G UC A
C A G U G U G A 40. CytoplasmA U G C C A G UC A C A C U A G U G U G
A 41. CytoplasmC A U G C C A G UA CA C U A G U G U G A 42.
CytoplasmC A U G C C A G UA CA C U A G U G U G A 43. CytoplasmNote:
The stop codon does not make an amino acid.A U G C C A G UA C U A G
U G U G AStop codon 44. CytoplasmA C UA U G C C A G UA G U G U G A
45. The amino acids form into a three dimensional shape (tertiary
structure) to give the protein a functionA U G C C A G UCytoplasmA
G U G U G A 46. Summary Protein Synthesis is fairly simple. The
first step is RNA polymerase unwinds a DNA strand and synthesizes a
mRNA strand. This is because the DNA strand is too big to fit
through the nuclear pores and the DNA must stay in the nucleus.
Next, the mRNA strand leaves the nucleus through the nuclear pores
into the cytoplasm and comes in contact with a ribosome. The
ribosome reads the mRNA strand and coverts it into an amino acid
sequence. Last, once the amino acids are connected by peptide
bonds, the amino acids forms into a three dimensional figure
(tertiary structure). The protein does not have a function until it
is in a three dimensional figure.
