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Protein SynthesisChapter 8
A. What is protein synthesis?1. Also called gene expression2. Central dogma of molecular biology: information flows from DNA → RNA → proteins
(Defined by Francis Crick)3. So…a section of DNA (gene) is designed to create a specific protein
B. RNA
1. What is RNA?a. Ribonucleic Acidb. Acts as a messenger between DNA and ribosomes
c. Gives ribosomes instructions for making proteins
2. Structure of RNAa. Like DNA, made up of a long chain of nucleotidesb. Unlike DNA, RNA is single strandedc. Nucleotide is different
i. Phosphate is the same
ii. Sugar – ribose (instead of deoxyribose in DNA)
iii. Bases – adenine, cytosine, guanine and uracil (instead of thymine)
- Cytosine-Guanine (C-G)- Adenine-Uracil (A-U)
Structure of
RNA
Two steps in Protein SynthesisDNA
RNA
Protein
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Two steps in Protein Synthesis
DNA DNA Mutation
RNA RNA Mutation
Protein Protein with a different shape
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