Protein Synthesis
In order to fully explain the process of protein synthesis an understanding of the cell itself is fundamental as all processes occur there. The cell contains carbohydrates (sugars, starch, etc..) found in the cytoplasm and the cell membrane; lipids (fat) composing the structure of cell walls which are also broken down for energy and, most importantly, proteins which are made up of amino acids, nucleic acids (DNA, RNA) and nutrients (vitamins, minerals and water). Founded by two scientists, Watson and Krick, in 1953 a detailed understanding of the DNA molecule was released. The DNA molecule is composed of two chains of even smaller molecules called nucleotides. A nucleotide is made up of three components: a sugar molecule (deoxyribose), a phosphate unit, and one of four nitrogenous bases. In DNA, nucleotides are stacked up to form a chain that is bonded along its bases to another complementary nucleotide chain. The functions of DNA rely on the bases (adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine) in the formation of the double helix it is possible for one type of base to pair, with only one other type (a+t, c+g) this specificity is essential to the DNA’s ability to replicate (DNA is the only molecule to have this capacity) and is known as
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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