Protein Synthesis Vocabulary “A
segment of DNA that codes for a
specific protein”.
DNA ✔✔A complex molecule in a double helix shape containing the genetic information used
by living things to create proteins.
mRNA ✔✔type of RNA that carries instructions from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome
tRNA ✔✔type of RNA that carries amino acids to the ribosome
rRNA ✔✔type of RNA that makes up part of the ribosome
DNA Polymerase ✔✔Enzyme involved in DNA replication that pairs complementary nitrogen
bases on to the new strand of DNA
Transcription ✔✔The first step of protein synthesis in which the cell produces an mRNA
molecule from a DNA template
Translation ✔✔The second step of protein synthesis where mRNA and tRNAs attach to a
ribosome in order to produce a protein
Adenine ✔✔The nitrogen base represented by the letter A
Thymine ✔✔The nitrogen base represented by the letter T
segment of DNA that codes for a
specific protein”.
DNA ✔✔A complex molecule in a double helix shape containing the genetic information used
by living things to create proteins.
mRNA ✔✔type of RNA that carries instructions from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome
tRNA ✔✔type of RNA that carries amino acids to the ribosome
rRNA ✔✔type of RNA that makes up part of the ribosome
DNA Polymerase ✔✔Enzyme involved in DNA replication that pairs complementary nitrogen
bases on to the new strand of DNA
Transcription ✔✔The first step of protein synthesis in which the cell produces an mRNA
molecule from a DNA template
Translation ✔✔The second step of protein synthesis where mRNA and tRNAs attach to a
ribosome in order to produce a protein
Adenine ✔✔The nitrogen base represented by the letter A
Thymine ✔✔The nitrogen base represented by the letter T
