Help with Protein Synthesis?

Help explain these terms from protein synthesis?

• Hi! Any help is really appreciated! I'm learning about protein synthesis in grade twelve biology, and the translation phase is kind of confusing (especially the elongation ...show more

• Answer:

  1) met-tRNA is generally attached as the start codon since the start codon codes for Methanine 2) aat-RNA is a tRNA that is loaded with the AA that it's anticodon codes for 3) A codon is a segment of RNA (3 bases) that codes to the tRNA anticodon and thus tells the ribosome what order to put the amino acids in. 4) A Ribosome is essentially the factory that binds the amino acids in the order specified by the mRNA and collects the tRNA in the right order based on the mRNA 5) An amino acid is the fundamental building block of a protein. Think of them a bit like a lego brick that the body can use to produce any protein it needs by putting them together in different orders. 6) A polypeptide is a bunch of amino acids that are connected to each other through a 'peptide bond' (basically a form of inter-atom glue).