What is the role of messenger RNA in protein synthesis?

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What is the role of messenger RNA in protein synthesis?

2007-03-06 11:25:03 · 2 answers · asked by taylor 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science

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It carries the template from the DNA to the cell to get the correct sequence of amino acids to form the protein.

2007-03-06 11:58:54 · answer #1 · answered by physandchemteach 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

As the name suggests, messenger RNA or mRNA carries the DNA code to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm for protein synthesis. On a mRNA strand, there are base sequences consisting of 4 bases (Guanine, Adenine, Uracil and Cytosine) which are complementary to the coding template on the DNA. A sequence of three bases on an mRNA strand is termed a codon and a codon codes for a specific amino acid for the building of polypeptide chains to form proteins.

2007-03-10 02:29:51 · answer #2 · answered by JustMe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋