1. Describe the process of translation; initiation, elongation, and termination.
Initation begins when the mRNA binds to a small ribosome subunit, the two ribosome subunits bond together and search for the word “AUG” in order to start the second process, elongation. Elongation occurs while the ribosome holds onto the mRNA, the tRNA then collect amino acids and return to its complementary site, once the tRNA has delivered the amino acid to the ribosome, the amino acid will form a bond with The progressing amino acid chain thus leaving its tRNA behind causing tRNA to simply remove itself from its site within the ribosome and the ribosome will then travel down the mRNA until it reads an three letter code fo4 which there is no corresponding tRNA strand, this is called termination as the chain must end, the mRNA is released from the ribosome and the chain of amino acids also becomes free.
2. How did today’s activity do a good job of modeling the process of translation? In what ways was your model inaccurate?
Today’s activity was a relatively accurate representation of the process of translation and it was a rather simple and effective way of learning the information. The accuracy of the model could have been improved by adjusting the proportions of the components of the model s7ch as the ribosome and the mRNA strand
I like how you kept things simple and straight to the point, the only suggestion I have for you is to talk about the A and P sites so that we can get a better understanding of how ribosomes and amino acids come into play with each other.