Protein Synthesis ACTIVITY Aim To model the process

Protein Synthesis – ACTIVITY • Aim: To model the process of protein synthesis, producing correct ‘proteins’. Person 1 Person 2 Person 3

Groups • 3 Students per group 1. m. RNA (messenger RNA), transfers the coded information from DNA in nucleus to cytoplasm, called Transcription. m. RNA student gets DNA card and transcribes it into m. RNA. 2. Decoding of m. RNA occurs in the Ribosome. The Ribosome will translate the m. RNA into a t. RNA( transfer RNA) sequence. 3. The t. RNA student will search out the correct anticodon car and flip the card revealing the word. Writing down the word, and completing the sentence

DNA-m. RNA student Role: 1. DNA-m. RNA Student: Stays at desk (Nucleus) and transcribes DNA to m. RNA: Base paring rules: G–C A–U T–A

Ribosome student Role: • The ribosome students receives the m. RNA at another desk (in the cytoplasm) and transcribes it into t. RNA. • Base paring rules: U- A A–U G-C

t. RNA student Role: • t. RNA student will search the side benches for the correct Anticodon (E. g. AUG). Flip the card and write down the word, repeating this until the sentence is complete. • The student returns to her group and checks the sentence with her group members, then brings it to the teacher for verification.

Group and DNA # 1. m. RNA sequence 2. Ribosome (transcription sequence) 3. t. RNA (sentence). . . . .