Protein Synthesis
Word Scramble
Engagement activity
Use the key below to decode the message then
complete the activity described in the message!
20-21-18-14 … 20-15 … 1 … 14-5-23 …
16-1-7-5… 9-14 … 25-15-21-18 …
14-15-20-5-2-15-15-11.
23-18-9-20-5 … 20-8-9-19 …4-14-1 …
19-20-18-1-14-4 … 3-20-7 … 1-3-7
Answer
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20-21-18-14 = Turn
20-15 = to
1=a
14-5-23 =new
16-1-7-5 = page
9-14 = in
25-15-21-18 = your
14-15-20-5-2-15-1511 = notebook.
• 23-18-9-20-5 =
Write
• 20-8-9-19 = this
• 4-14-1= DNA
• 19-20-18-1-14-4 =
strand
• 3-20-7 = CTG
• 1-3-7 = ACG
Replicate the DNA strand in your
notebook
What does replicate mean? COPY!
DNA to DNA compliment
CTG ACG
GAC TGC
Transcribe the DNA strand in your
notebook
What does transcribe mean? Rewrite in mRNA!
DNA to mRNA
*new rule: no thymine! Replace with_________________
URACIL
CTG ACG
GUC UGC
Now we will learn to do the final
step of Protein Synthesis:
Translation
Reading the mRNA, matching it
with its tRNA anticodon, and
crating a protein from the mRNA
How to translate the mRNA
Use the mRNA codons to find the amino acid in the chart
THREONINE
Example: ACG = ___________________
GUC UGC
Translate the DNA strand in your
notebook
What does translate mean? Read message and create new
message!
mRNA to Protein! (the whole goal of PROTEIN synthesis!)
GUC UGC
GUC- valine
UGC -cysteine