Protein synthesis in cells involves a process of transcription and translation.
Transcription and Translation
Transcription is defined as a process by which the information in a strand of DNA is copied into a new molecule of messenger RNA (mRNA).
Subsequently, the newly formed mRNA copies of the gene then serve as blueprints for protein synthesis during the process of translation.
Translation on the other hand, is the process of translating the sequence of a messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule to a sequence of amino acids in a bid to achieve protein synthesis.
The genetic code functions to describe the relationship between the sequence of base pairs in a gene and the corresponding amino acid sequence that it encodes..
Translation of an mRNA molecule occurs in three stages namely: initiation, elongation, and termination.
