Description
In this project each group got a specific disease and my group got Huntington's disease we had to find the protein that causes the disease and how the disease got into a body and how it works.
Concepts
Protein Synthesis: The process of creating protein. This is in three stages: translation, transcription, and the folding of the polypeptide chain
Transcription: The process of making mRNA, where the RNA polymerase connects to the DNA and splits it, then it copies one of the sides, creating mRNA.
Translation: The process of creating a polypeptide chain. A ribosome connects to the start codon of the mRNA. Anti-codons carry amino acids. These acids are added to a chain until the polypeptide chain is complete
Protein Folding: The process of a polypeptide folding until it is a protein. It first becomes an alpha helix, then a beta sheet, then domain, then finally a protein.
Protein Misfolding: When a protein's amino acid sequence isn't correct, which can lead to genetic diseases such as Huntington's
Codon: Sets of 3 DNA bases used during translation
Anti-Codon: Sets of 3 DNA bases opposite that of a codon
Ribosome: An organelle that is used during translation.
Protein: Macromolecule that is used to perform the functions of the body. Made during protein synthesis and the amino acids and their order change the type of protein.
Transcription: The process of making mRNA, where the RNA polymerase connects to the DNA and splits it, then it copies one of the sides, creating mRNA.
Translation: The process of creating a polypeptide chain. A ribosome connects to the start codon of the mRNA. Anti-codons carry amino acids. These acids are added to a chain until the polypeptide chain is complete
Protein Folding: The process of a polypeptide folding until it is a protein. It first becomes an alpha helix, then a beta sheet, then domain, then finally a protein.
Protein Misfolding: When a protein's amino acid sequence isn't correct, which can lead to genetic diseases such as Huntington's
Codon: Sets of 3 DNA bases used during translation
Anti-Codon: Sets of 3 DNA bases opposite that of a codon
Ribosome: An organelle that is used during translation.
Protein: Macromolecule that is used to perform the functions of the body. Made during protein synthesis and the amino acids and their order change the type of protein.
Reflection
To start off with some positives I felt less anxious and less controlling and I felt I could just let myself go with the flow of the project yet there were also negatives like going with the flow is good but sometimes the flow isn't always in the on task direction.