Name:
Per.
Transcribing and Translating DNA Codes
mRNA Word Codon Table
U
Word
(amino acid)
Codon
First Letter in Codon
U
C
A
G
C
A
Word (amino
acid)
Codon
G
Word
(amino
acid)
Codon
Codon
Word
(amino
acid)
Third
Letter
U
U
U
life
U
C
U
teacher
U
A
U
this
U
G
U
little
U
U
U
C
code
U
C
C
must
U
A
C
in
U
G
C
you
C
U
U
A
DNA
U
C
A
together
U
A
A
we
U
G
A
around
A
U
U
G
for
U
C
G
be
U
A
G
STOP
U
G
G
read
G
C
U
U
music
C
C
U
subject
C
A
U
hit
C
G
U
day
U
C
U
C
love
C
C
C
biology
C
A
C
bone
C
G
C
water
C
C
U
A
I
C
C
A
when
C
A
A
old
C
G
A
drink
A
C
U
G
succeed
C
C
G
is
C
A
G
wants
C
G
G
every
G
A
U
U
an
A
C
U
dog
A
A
U
dresses
A
G
U
beatles
U
A
U
C
band
A
C
C
have
A
A
C
mother
A
G
C
best
C
A
U
A
rock
A
C
A
breath
A
A
A
your
A
G
A
the
A
A
U
G
START
A
C
G
funny
A
A
G
wears
A
G
G
are
G
G
U
U
teacher
G
C
U
education
G
A
U
and
G
G
U
father
U
G
U
C
dress
G
C
C
much
G
A
C
has
G
G
C
to
C
G
U
A
a
G
C
A
so
G
A
A
all
G
G
A
door
A
G
U
G
brother
G
C
G
fun
G
A
G
puppies
G
G
G
future
G
The table above is full of mRNA codons that are needed to create the sentences. The completed sentence would
represent a complete protein made from a DNA gene. The words represent the amino acids. Each word is made up of a series
of three bases (codon). You need to transcribe the DNA into mRNA sequences. Don’t forget that the mRNA will have a U
instead of a T.
Step 1: Transcribe the DNA into mRNA sequences
Step 2: Translate your mRNA codons into words that will make the sentence.
Example:
G
A
T
G
A
G
G
G
G
A
T
C
0
mRNA
A
U
G
C
U
A
C
U
C
C
C
C
U
A
G
love
0
Example Sentence = love biology.
DNA
1 Gene
1 mRNA
1 Protein
T A C C T C A G G A G C
A G T
A T C
End
C
biology
A
I
T
start
DNA Gene
Protein
0
Name:
2 Protein
2 mRNA
DNA
2 Gene
DNA
3 Gene
3 mRNA
Per.
T A C T
T
A
C
T T
C
T T T
A
C
G T
T
T
A T
A T
G C A T C
C T G T
T
T
G C G T
G A T C
3 Protein
4 Protein
4 mRNA
DNA
4 Gene
5
DNA
Gene
5
mRNA
5
Protein
6
Protein
6
C G A T T C T
A C
G C T G C G G C
C G C A
A T C
T
A
C
T
T
T
T
G
C
T
T
C
C
A
T
T
G
C
G
T
T
C
A
G
A
T
C
G
A
A
6
mRNA
DNA
Gene
G
T
T
G
A
G
T
A
C
T
T
T
C
A
C
C
T
G
T
G
A
T
G
T
A
T
C
T
T
G
7
DNA
Gene
C
T
C
T
A
C
T
T
T
C
A
A
G
T
C
A
C
G
C
C
G
G
A
C
A
T
C
C
C
T
7
mRNA
7
Protein
8
Protein
8
mRNA
DNA
Gene
G
C
C
T
A
C
A
C
A
C
T
C
A
T
G
T
T
A
T
C
C
T
G
C
A
T
C
C
T
G
8