What is a polypeptide chain?

A string of amino acids which then fold up in a specific three-dimensional manner, resulting in a protein.

An organelle, located in the cell's cytoplasm, that is the site of protein synthesis.

What is transcription?

The process by which the genetic information encoded in DNA is copied onto messenger RNA.

The process by which information encoded in messenger RNA is used to assemble a protein at a ribosome.

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How Proteins Are Made

Question	Answer
What is a polypeptide chain?	A string of amino acids which then fold up in a specific three-dimensional manner, resulting in a protein.
What is a ribosome?	An organelle, located in the cell's cytoplasm, that is the site of protein synthesis.
What is transcription?	The process by which the genetic information encoded in DNA is copied onto messenger RNA.
What is translation?	The process by which information encoded in messenger RNA is used to assemble a protein at a ribosome.