Question

I know this has been posted on the internet quite a bit, but I can never find what I am looking for. My assignment is this: For this assignment, you will write an essay describing the production of protein molecules through transcription and translation. Your essay should include discussions of the following:

DNA
mRNA
RNA polymerase
base pairing
transcription
translation
tRNA
rRNA
ribosomes
amino acids
protein

My problem is, that I don't know how to start? I have all the information I need, but which topic do I begin with so it all makes sense? Please Help!

Answer 1

FYI, I'm not cheating or asking for someone to write this for me. I just need to know how to begin, where to start, which topic I should cover first to make this essay make sense.

Answer 2

the process you are describing begins in the nucleus where transcription occurs (using DNA as a template, RNA polymerase to catalyze the reaction, rRNA as a product to make new ribosomes at a place in the nucleus called the nucleolus, mRNA as the message to be exported from the nucleus to be translated by a ribosome outside the nucleus in the cytoplasm) and finishes in the cytoplasm where translation occurs (tRNA to carry amino acids, ribosomes to read the mRNA and synthesize a string of amino acids called a protein)
base pairing occurs in transcription (making new RNA in the nucleus) and during translation (the codon on the mRNA base pairs with the anti-codon of the tRNA carrying the next amino acid.

Answer 3

note: rRNA, mRNA and tRNA are all produced by transcription in the nucleus; transcription is carried out by RNA Polymerase which comes in 3 variants: RNA Polymerase II makes mRNA, RNA Polymerase III makes most rRNA's and RNA polymerase I makes tRNA and a couple of rRNA molecules. If you need help proofing your essay, just ask.

Answer 4

Just start with the transcription of DNA to mRNA and go from there. Describe the steps, and you'll find you have to discuss the topics listed to explain what happens.

Answer 5

Thank you both very much!