PROTEIN SYNTHESIS

Transcription Translation
(Occurs in the nucleus of
an eukaryotic cell)
DNA (Occurs in the cytoplasm
of an eukaryotic cell)
(Contains gene)

tRNA brought
Initiation Elongation Binding of mRNA
Amino acids
Gene Expression to the
and small ribosomal
Termination ribosome unit at the start
During initiation, the promoter Base pairing
region functions as a codon
recognition site for the RNA
The RNA polymerase slides between the
Once the RNA
polymerase to bind. This is
along the template DNA
strand. As the polymerase reaches complementary Large ribosomal 3 distinct
where the majority of gene complementary bases pair, the termination bases of mRNA unit binds to form
expression is controlled, by the RNA polymerase links point of the gene, codons and tRna the translation
regions are
either promoting or blocking nucleotides to the 3’ end the transcription is
access to this site by RNA of growing RNA molecule complete
anti codons
complex formed, E, P,
polymerase, Binding causes the and A
DNA double helix to unwind
and open
mRNA A charged tRNA Comlpex slides one
codon to the right, The
The entire
complex
molecule binds to the dissociates
uncharged tRNA exits
Sugar phosphate A site and a peptide from E site. A site is
Introns Exons backbones are bond forms between ready to accept a new
(Non-Coding part) (Codes or a protein) added its amino acid and charged tRNA, This Polypeptide will
the one attached to process will continue be modified and
the P site until the complex and extracted in
reaches the stop
Introns Splicing Mature mRNA codon where a release
lumen of the
(Ready for translation) digestive tract
(Uses spliceosome ) factor enters the A site

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