For this project, we had two different types of projects that we were doing. The first was working with a certain protein strand and we would have to go through each steps, and the other one was were we would be given a certain type of organ function and we would investigate on how that part would remain homeostasis.
Vocabulary: Central dogma: basic framework for how genetic information flows from a DNA sequnece to a protein product inside cells. The process of genetic information flowing from DNA to RNA to protein is called gene expression. Homeostasis: a set of processes that keep the workings of the body stable and consistent. Golgi apparatus: Enzymes in G A attach carbs and lipids to proteins Protein synthesis: protein synthesis begins in the nucleus =. the DNA replicates and from there they are transcribed into mRNA. This mRNA goes with tRNA into the ribosome in a process known as translation. There the ribosome reads their code and matches the codons with the anticodons, which creates amino acid chains. Next, the amino acid chain folds in the ER and then the golgi apparatus. Endoplasmic Reticulum: The place where aomponents of the cell membrane are assembled and where some proteins are modified. The ER is involved in protein folding. Codons: A sequence of 3 nucleotides, which codes for amino acids. tranlation: Where the mRNA and tRNA go into the ribosome which reads them and spits out an amino acid chain. Transcription: Happens in the nucleous. it is where DNA, RNA plymerae and other senzymes create mRNA. Ribosome: The place where proteins are assembled Neclues: controls most cell processses and contaisn the hereditary information of DNA. :
Overall: I think that both of these projects were very short but usefull. In the project that involved the protiens, I had some trouble in the beginning. At first, our project was about a different type of protein, so I did a lot more research on that one instead of the other one. I think that I studied more on some areas of how the protein is moved then the other parts, so again I think I could have tried a little bit harder in that regard.