{"id":622,"date":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-06-08T02:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:29:14","slug":"mrna-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c2creset.ondigit.us\/?p=622","title":{"rendered":"mRNA Translation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 102, 153);\">mRNA Translation<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">mRNA is called messenger RNA because it carries, like a mailman, information for protein synthesis from the DNA out of the nucleus to the cell organelles called ribosomes in the cytoplasm (the site of protein synthesis). From here:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">mRNA directs the assembly of amino acids through peptide bonds, that then fold into a 3D completed protein molecule. This process is called Translation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5bLEDd-PSTQ\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The <a href=\"?p=598\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">4 bases<\/span><\/a> on the mRNA strand are organized into <span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">triplets<\/span>. Each triplet consists of a sequence of 3 consecutive nitrogenous bases. This is called a codon (code word). Each specific codon carries a specific one amino acid. The amino acids then bind together to form a protein. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The sequence of codons on the mRNA strand is called the mRNA language. It indicates the sequence of amino acids for the synthesis of a protein. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">This language begins with the codon AUG (starting codon) and ends with UAA, UAG or UGA (stop codons). A sense codon codes for an amino acid.&nbsp;A nonsense codon causes the termination of a translation.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"177\" height=\"300\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/RNA-codons.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">There are 64 possible combinations, but only <a href=\"?p=617\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">20 different amino acids<\/span><\/a> are used to make proteins. So, what do the <a href=\"?p=641\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">other 44 triplets<\/span><\/a> do?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"321\" src=\"\/userfiles\/image\/4-2011-pics\/codons-64.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><a href=\"?p=623\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 255);\">read more &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>mRNA Translation mRNA is called messenger RNA because it carries, like a mailman, information for protein synthesis from the DNA out of the nucleus to the cell organelles called ribosomes in the cytoplasm (the site of protein synthesis). 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