Get Lego Protein Synthesis

Transfer RNA (tRNA) has a long-established role in protein synthesis. The tRNA molecule serves as an adaptor [1] between the genetic instructions written in nucleic acid sequences and the protein products encoded in genes.

“Just like a Lego house built with Lego bricks can be taken apart, and the bricks used to build something completely different” (like a cool T-Rex, a Disney castle or Lego Porsche), your body can take apart the amino acid building blocks that make up protein and re-use these to make new, totally different proteins.

Protein synthesis(translation) is the production of a polymer of a chain of amino acids which produces a functioning protein. It involves reading the information from mRNA (messenger RNA) to put together a chain of amino acids. Ribosomes are the structures that synthesize the protein chain.

Think of amino acids like Legos. Likewise, amino acids can be configured to build many different structures - from the highly specialized tissues that make up your muscles to the hormone which is used to regulate blood sugar levels.

At each point in which the mutation occurs, a uniform change in structure appears as well, creating a matched set of LEGO-like protein building blocks, capable of fitting together exactly. Mutations creating sticky patches and repeated on opposite sides of the complex can induce their stacking into long protein fibers.

At each point in which the mutation occurs, a uniform change in structure appears as well, creating a matched set of LEGO-like protein building blocks, capable of fitting together exactly. Mutations creating sticky patches and repeated on opposite sides of the complex can induce their stacking into long protein fibers.