1. Protein Synthesis A brief overview Purpose? Key Players?
Where does it occur?
How does it work?
WHY?

2. Purpose? Synthesize – Protein Synthesis –
Protein is a chain of amino acids

3. Key Players?
DNA…
(ex: ATGCCGTAATACGGG)

4. Four types of nucleotides: adenine (A) guanine (G) cytosine (C) thymine (T)

5. Similarities to DNA Differences from DNA
RNA

6. Messenger RNA (mRNA) -”message carrier”
Types of RNA
Messenger RNA (mRNA)
-”message carrier”

7. Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) (workbench) “reading” RNA
Types of RNA
Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)
(workbench)
“reading” RNA

8. Transfer RNA (tRNA) -transfers a.a. - reusable
Types of RNA
Transfer RNA (tRNA)
-transfers a.a.
- reusable

9. Where does it occur? How does it work?
Nucleus
1.Transcription

10. Cytoplasm 2.Translation
ribosome
mRNA

11. Write the central dogma of protein synthesis:
Protein Synthesis Video
Protein Synthesis Video2

12. Quick Write
Write the steps of protein synthesis and explain the roles of DNA, tRNA, mRNA and rRNA have in the process