Protein synthesis

• Transcription

  Process of copying a single gene of DNA to mRNA
• Where does transcription take place

  Nucleus
• 3 ways mRNA is different to DNA

  mRNA is shorter

  mRNA is single-stranded whereas DNA is double-stranded

  mRNA contains uracil while DNA contains thymine
• Where does mRNA go once it’s been transcribed

  Goes to a ribosome
• Translation

  The process in which a ribosome combines amino acids together to form a protein using the instructions of mRNA
• Function of ribosomes

  Carry out protein synthesis
• Polypeptide

  A chain of amino acids