Protein Synthesis Vocabulary

Process of copying a nucleotide sequence of DNA to form a complementary strand of mRNA

• Translation

• Transcription

• Replication

• Synthesis

Set of three nucleotides in a tRNA molecule that binds to a complementary mRNA codon during translation

• Anti-codon

• Codon

• Amino acid

• Bases

Molecule that makes up proteins (monomer of proteins)

• Ribosome

• rRNA

• Ribose

• Amino acid

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

Carries copies of DNA's genetic material from the nucleus to ribosomes in the cytoplasm.

• messenger RNA (mRNA)

• transfer RNA (tRNA)

• ribosomal RNA (rRNA)

• Ribosome

Transfers and brings amino acids to ribosomes during protein synthesis

• messenger RNA (mRNA)

• ribosomal RNA (rRNA)

• transfer RNA (tRNA)

• RNA Polymerase

Sequence of 3 consecutive nucleotides that code for one amino acid

• Anti-codon

• Protein

• Bases

• Codon

Process by which mRNA is decoded and a protein is produced

• Transcription

• Translation

• Replication

• Synthesis

In RNA, the base thymine is replaced with this base that will bond Adenine instead in RNA.

• Cytosine

• Guanine

• Uracil

• Ribose

The creation or combination of something

• mutation

• transcription

• translation

• synthesis

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

Composed of a sugar, phosphate group, and nitrogenous base. These are the building blocks of DNA.

• codon

• nucleotide

• protein

• amino acid

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1