what is a protein making a protein?

Answer 1

I don't think you would call it a protein, it's a assemblage of ribosomal RNA and protein and it's called a ribosome. That translates the mRNA into a protein, thus making proteins.
Generally you could also call it an enzyme, enzymes are molecules which facilitate chemical reactions.

Answer 2

Here goes without too much detail:

The template for a protein is either DNA or RNA. A lot of viruses use RNA instead of DNA as the template.

A variety of proteins are involved in reading the DNA template. Proteins (as enzymes) also cut newly made messenger RNA (mRNA) to either get rid of excess pieces on the ends or to cut out "introns". Introns are removed from most mDNA in non-bacterial cells.

Proteins are also involved in the complexes with ribosomal DNA (rDNA) called ribosomes that then read the mRNA and transfer the amino acids of the protein being constructed from the incoming transfer RNA (tRNA) to the end of the new protein.

A lot of proteins are further processed by enzymes (again which are proteins) to add sugars, methyl groups, etc and in helping the protein fold into the proper 3-D shape.

Thus, although proteins are made by reading the instructions from DNA in the nucleus, proteins (many more than mentioned here) are involved, usually as enzymes or as structure, all along the way both inside and outside the nucleus.

Answer 3

Not possible with General Central dogma DNA->RNA->protein in Humans, Viruses or Lower animals (archaea)

But there is the "unknown" case of PRIONS
Prions are proteins that propagate themselves by making conformational changes in other molecules of the same type of protein BUT they DO NOT create proteins

Answer 4

I don't understand your question...Proteins are synthesized in cells by the process of translation...I don't understand "protein making a protein".

Answer 5

a mother protein

Answer 6

Agree with hcbiochem.