Anchor Summary
The process of proteins goes threw two steps which are transcription and translation.
Transcription takes the information and creates DNA and makes it into mRNA, which heads out the cell's nucleus and into the cytoplasm. During translation the mRNA works with a ribosome and tRNA to synthesize proteins.
The process of proteins goes threw two steps which are transcription and translation.
Transcription takes the information and creates DNA and makes it into mRNA, which heads out the cell's nucleus and into the cytoplasm. During translation the mRNA works with a ribosome and tRNA to synthesize proteins.
Vocabulary!
Nucleic acid: a complex organic substance present in living cells, especially DNA or RNA, whose molecules consist of many nucleotides linked in a long chain.
DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid, a self-replicating material present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes. It is the carrier of genetic information.
RNA: ribonucleic acid, a nucleic acid present in all living cells. Its principal role is to act as a messenger carrying instructions from DNA for controlling the synthesis of proteins, although in some viruses RNA rather than DNA carries the genetic information.
Protein: A molecule composed of polymers of amino acids joined together by peptide bonds. It can be distinguished from fats and carbohydrates by containing nitrogen. Other components include carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and sometimes phosphorus
Dehydration: A chemical reaction whereby a water molecule is lost, such as that during the synthesis of an organic compound.
DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid, a self-replicating material present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes. It is the carrier of genetic information.
RNA: ribonucleic acid, a nucleic acid present in all living cells. Its principal role is to act as a messenger carrying instructions from DNA for controlling the synthesis of proteins, although in some viruses RNA rather than DNA carries the genetic information.
Protein: A molecule composed of polymers of amino acids joined together by peptide bonds. It can be distinguished from fats and carbohydrates by containing nitrogen. Other components include carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and sometimes phosphorus
Dehydration: A chemical reaction whereby a water molecule is lost, such as that during the synthesis of an organic compound.
QUIZ TIME!
What kind of organic molecule is DNA?
What kind of organic molecule is DNA?
- Protein
- Lipid
- Nucleic acid
- carbohydrate
- Ribosomes
- Chloroplasts
- Cytoplasm
- Nucleus
- Chromosomes
- Chromes
- Chlorophyll
- chains
- Mitochondria
- Vacuole
- Nucleus
- Ribosomes