PERFORMANCE TASK #1

PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
Name:
Section:

Objectives:
1. Make a model to show how the order of bases in DNA determines the order of
bases in mRNA.
2. Make a model of the translation process.

DNA mRNA tRNA Amino Acid

T
A
C
C
C
C
T
A
T
G
T
T
A
C
G
A
C
T
Procedure:
1. Using the given order of nucleotides, fill up the table above.
 Complete the DNA structure in the first column.
 Using the left strand of DNA model, begin matching
complementary RNA nucleotides with the exposed bases on the
DNA model to make mRNA. Use the mRNA to fill up the tRNA and
identify the amino acid that it carries.
2. Use the patterns of the components of the DNA provided by your teacher.
Color code phosphate = blue, deoxyribose sugar = green, ribose sugar =
 brown and nitrogenous bases as follows: adenine = yellow, thymine =
pink, guanine = violet and cytosine = red and uracil = orange.
3. Then this time make a model of DNA, mRNA, tRNA and amino acid in the
table using DNA nucleotides and RNA nucleotides.