DNA to PROTEIN STORY

Please make a cartoon story that tells and shows the processes by which DNA code is converted into amino acid sequences (protein).

Please include the following processes and the purpose for each:

• Replication of DNA
• Transcription of DNA to mRNA
• Translation of mRNA to amino acid sequences (Protein Synthesis)

Please have your story narrated by a cartoon nucleotide character. Please include the following terms in your story:

• DNA nucleotide
• RNA nucleotide
• Cell
• Nucleus
• Ribosome
• Amino Acids
• Peptide bond
• Dipeptide (2 amino acids joined with peptide bonds)
• Polypeptide (3-49 amino acids joined)
• Protein (50-3000 amino acids joined)
• Codon
• Anticodon
• mRNA
• tRNA
• DNA Helicase (enzyme that unwinds and unzips double-stranded DNA)
• DNA Polymerase (enzyme that reads DNA bases and bonds the appropriate DNA nucleotide to it during replication)
• RNA Polymerase (enzyme that reads DNA bases and bonds the appropriated mRNA nucleotide to it during transcription)
• RNA Helicase (enzyme that releases mRNA from DNA to go to the ribosomes)

Your story will be judged by

• its completeness (includes the 3 processes and all vocabulary)
• its clarity (how well it is written and descriptions are clear to the reader)
• its diagrams (drawings of cartoon characters and processes)