Protein to Disease
In this project, our group had to find a disease that is affected by a protein. We also learned about protein synthesis and how it works. We had to compare the damage protein to the regular protein and provided background information about our disease. My group chose ALS and we made a poster explaining it, which can be shown below.
In this project, our group had to find a disease that is affected by a protein. We also learned about protein synthesis and how it works. We had to compare the damage protein to the regular protein and provided background information about our disease. My group chose ALS and we made a poster explaining it, which can be shown below.
Content:
Nucleus- Center of a cell, contains genetic material
Transcription- First step of protein synthesis
DNA- Has genetic information and is double-stranded, made up of nucleotides
Translation- Second step in protein synthesis
RNA Polymerase- Enzyme that follows strand of DNA
Codon/Anti-Codon- Start codon marks where translation into a protein sequence starts and the anti-codon shows where it ends
Ribosome- Bind messenger and transfer RNA to synthesize polypeptides and proteins
Amino Acid- Make up proteins
tRNA-Carries amino acid to ribosome, directed by codon
Polypeptide Chain- Chain of amino acids
Folding- Protein folds into 3-dimensional shape
Protein- Compound of amino acids
Reflection:
For this project, our group chose to present via poster. We started this project by making a Gantt Chart, visual representation of what needed to be done and when by. Our group didn't use the chart as much as we had to because it didn't work for us. My group worked well together because we were all friends and would sometimes get off task. We had a hard time finding the information because the proteins are really hard to understand. Learning about protein synthesis was very challenging because there are multiple parts to it. Overall, this project was okay and we got a good score on it.
I worked on this project with Matt Cassidy, Alexis Bishop, and Joell Vaca