Translation / Protein Synthesis
Translation, a fundamental process within the realm of molecular biology, plays a pivotal role in the synthesis of proteins. Acting upon the instructions encoded within messenger RNA (mRNA), translation orchestrates the conversion of nucleotide sequences into functional polypeptides. Ribosomes, the cellular machinery responsible for this intricate task, navigate the mRNA transcript, decoding codons and assembling amino acids accordingly. This process, essential for cellular function and organismal viability, bridges the gap between genetic information and protein expression, thereby facilitating diverse biological processes with precision and fidelity.
Questions
- What best summarizes the process of protein synthesis?
- Which organelle is responsible for the synthesis of proteins?
- What is the primary function of rRNA?
- What are the nitrogenous bases (adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine) responsible for?
- Briefly explain about m-rna,t-rna,r-rna in protein synthesis?
- What is the function of GTP in translation?
- How would you describe the steps in protein synthesis?
- What are the roles of endoplasmic reticulum and ribosomes in protein synthesis?
- Which organelle is the location for protein synthesis?
- How does protein form from DNA?
- What is the second step of protein synthesis?
- Why should ourfood contain Iodine?
- If a protein had 450 amino acids, how many base pairs long was the DNA that coded for it?
- Why is DNA translation important?
- What are the roles of endoplasmic reticulum and ribosomes in protein synthesis?
- What are common mistakes students make with anticodons?
- How can there be 64 codon combinations but only 20 possible amino acids?
- What is the purpose of translation?
- What is the role of messenger RNA in translation?
- What are the DNA-DNA complimentary base pairing rules?