By the way, to answer the question â I have read accounts of explorers like Scott and Shackleton whose men were forced to eat penguins to survive. By all reports, they were greasy and not very tasty. Be warned.
Translation. The mRNA formed in transcription is transported out of the nucleus, into the cytoplasm, to the ribosome (the cell's protein synthesis factory). Here, it directs protein synthesis. Messenger RNA is not directly involved in protein synthesis â transfer RNA (tRNA) is required for this. The process by which mRNA directs protein synthesis with the assistance of tRNA is called translation. The ribosome is a very large complex of RNA and protein molecules. Each three-base stretch of mRNA (triplet) is known as a codon, and one codon contains the information for a specific amino acid.
Translation is the second step in the central dogma, which involves converting the nucleotide base code in mRNA into a chain of amino acids. Translation occurs in the cytoplasm of a cell, where the amino acids and tRNA molecules are also found. During translation, tRNA molecules first match up with the amino acids that fit their attachment sites. Then, the tRNAs carry their amino acids toward the mRNA strand. They pair onto the mRNA by way of an anticodon on the opposite side of the molecule. Each anticodon on tRNA matches up with a codon on the mRNA. In this way, amino acids are assembled in the correct order dictated by the mRNA code. The ability of tRNA to match codons with appropriate amino acids is codon recognition.