Lesson 2.2- Protein Synthesis

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Unit 2

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What do proteins create?
Enzymes, hormones, muscle contractions & structure
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What are enzymes?
catalysts that speed up our body’s chemical reactions
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What is protein synthesis?
process of turning DNA into proteins. Turns genotypes into phenotypes
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Genotype
Info coded in DNA
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Phenotype
Trait shown from DNA
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1 gene
1 protein
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1 protein
1 function
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How many functions can 1 protein have?
Only 1 function
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Step 1 of making proteins
Transcription- make DNA into mRNA
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Step 2 of making proteins
Translation- make mRNA into amino acids
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What is RNA?
Ribonucleic acid-single stranded nucleic acid