DNA serves as the information storage medium, which
is transcribed into RNA (the information transmission medium),
which is finally translated by a ribosome into a Protein
- •
DNA: AAA GGA GAA TAG TGT GGC CAT CGT GCC CGC
- •
RNA: UUU CCU CUU AUC AUA CCG GUA GCA GCC GCG
- •
Protein: F P_ L _I I P_ V _A A _A_
- →
(or: Phe Pro Leu Ile Ile Pro Val Ala Ala Ala)
An text composed of 3-letter words (with 4 unique letters) gets
mapped into a sequence of 20 unique letters.
This is usually called
"The Central Dogma of Biology"
... but the fun really starts when we want
to go from a sequence (1D) to a 3D structure,
even more fun when we want to figure out the (probable)
function and properties of the biomolecule.
