Key Topic: DNA to Protein

how the DNA molecule is used to create proteins for all the body's life processes

Central Dogma of Life

Main Idea: Overview

Essential Details:

1. Replication - make more DNA
2. Transcription - DNA to RNA
3. Translation - RNA to Protein
4. Proteins - Control the body

Main Idea: Replication

​Essential Details:

1. Occurs in nucleus

2. Enzymes control the process

3. Result: 2 identical double helixes

4. Semi-conservative - One old strand one new

Main Idea: Transcription

Essential Details:

1. RNA polymerase separates DNA and

2. is used to make mRNA (messenger RNA)

3. RNA differs from DNA

4. by Ribose sugar, single strand and Uracil

Main Idea: Translation

Essential Details:

1. RNA hold the instructions

2. RNA goes to ribosome

3. Amino acids are linked

4. Until a protein is formed

So what?

DNA creates proteins by being transcribed into RNA and then RNA goes to the ribosome to build proteins from amino acids.