If I am trying to explain to my classmate how DNA is used to make proteins, the statement I would include in my explanation would be:
- DNA contains all of the instructions an organism needs to live. DNA sequences must be converted into messages that can be used to produce proteins which do most of the work in our bodies.
- During transcription, DNA is used as a template to make a molecule of messenger RNA (mRNA) which then leaves the nucleus and goes to a ribosome in the cytoplasm.
- During translation, the genetic code in mRNA is read and used to put amino acids in place to make a protein.
Basically, DNA is the molecule that stores genetic information in all living organisms. DNA cannot be used to make protein directly. Instead, the genetic information on the molecule is first encoded as mRNA. This process is known as transcription and it takes place in the nucleus of eukaryotic organisms.
After transcription, the mRNA undergoes some processing before it is moved out of the nucleus to the cytoplasm. In the cytoplasm, the mRNA attaches itself to the ribosome. The genetic codes on the mRNA are then translated to their respective amino acids in conjunction with another RNA, the tRNA.
The amino acids are linked together by peptide bonds using the translation machinery and the resulting polypeptide is then folded in specific ways depending on the function it is to perform.
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