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Protein Synthesis Puppet Teacher Guide
Estimated Time
2 days – one day to complete set conversions and one day to make puppet. Anything outside this time is homework.
Materials
Penny
Paper bag
Colored pencils
Scissors
Glue
1. Flip a penny to determine which strand of DNA to copy down into the Set blanks.
2. Transcribe the DNA into mRNA
3. Use one of the two Amino Acid charts to Translate the mRNA to Amino Acids. Use the 3 letter amino acid chart to correctly abbreviate the
amino acid into the space provided in the set blanks.
4. Use the Amino Acid – Protein chart to find the Protein and record in the set blanks.
5. Use the Protein – Trait chart to find the trait and record in the set blanks.
6. Note that set 7 has no blanks. Students are to fill in this information on their own.
7. Once all sets are completed, color and cut out puppet parts and glue them onto the bag. The bottom fold of the bag should be able to open as
the mouth.
KEEP PUPPETS for OH BABY! In the next unit.
Protein Synthesis Puppets
Use the DNA strands to determine the traits of your puppet. For each set, flip a coin to determine which strand to use. From that strand, determine the
complimentary mRNA codon, corresponding amino acids and protein, and trait.
Set 1:
Heads: TAC CCG GAA ATT
Tails: TAC CCA AGT ACT
Set 2:
Heads: TAC GCA CAA CGA ATC
Tails: TAC TCT CAG ACA ATT
Set 3:
Heads: TAC CTT GTA TTA GGA ACT
Tails: TAC CTC GTG TTG TGA ATC
Set 4:
Heads: TAC TAA AAA ACC CCT ATA ATT
Tails: TAC TAG AAG ACC CCC GTT ACT
Set 5:
Heads: TAC CTA TTT AGA CAT AAT CCA ATC
Tails: TAC CTG TTC AGG CAC GAG GGG ATT
Set 6:
Heads: TAC ACG TTA GGT ATG CTA GTA CTT ACT
Tails: TAC ACA TTG GGC ATA CTG GTG GTA ATC
Set 7:
Heads: TAC ACC GCT GTT GAT TAT ACA TGG CAA ATT
Tails: TAC ACC GCG GTC AAC TAG ACG TGT ACC ACT
Set 1:
DNA: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
mRNA: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Amino acids:
_____
_____
Protein: ______ Trait: _________________________________________
Amino acid
3 letter
symbol
alanine
Ala
arginine
Arg
asparagine
Asn
aspartic acid/
aspartate
Asp
mRNA: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Amino acids:
_____
_____
_____
Protein: ______ Trait: _________________________________________
cysteine
Cys
Set 3:
DNA:
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
mRNA:
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Amino acids:
_____
_____
_____ _____
Protein: ______ Trait: _________________________________________
glutamine
Gln
glycine
Gly
histidine
His
isoleucine
Ile
leucine
Leu
lysine
Lys
methionine
Met
Set 2:
DNA:
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Set 4:
DNA:
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
mRNA: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Amino acids:
_____
_____
_____ _____ _____
Protein: ______ Trait: _________________________________________
Set 5:
DNA:
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
mRNA: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Amino acids:
_____
_____
_____ _____
_____
_____
Protein: ______ Trait: _________________________________________
glutamic acid/
Glu
glutamate
phenylalanine Phe
proline
Pro
serine
Ser
threonine
Thr
tryptophan
Trp
tyrosine
Tyr
valine
Val
Set 6:
DNA: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
mRNA: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Amino acids:
_____
_____
_____ _____ _____
_____ _____
Protein: ______ Trait: _________________________________________
Amino Acid - Protein
Gly-Leu= Protein A
Gly-Ser= Protein B
Arg-Val-Ala=Protein C
Arg-Val-Cys= Protein D
Glu-His-Asn-Pro= Protein E
Glu-His-Asn-Thr= Protein F
Ile-Phe-Trp-Gly-Tyr= Protein G
Ile-Phe-Trp-Gly-Gln= Protein H
Asp-Lys-Ser-Val-Leu-Gly= Protein I
Asp-Lys-Ser-Val-Leu-Pro= Protein J
Cys-Asn-Pro-Tyr-Asp-His-Glu= Protein K
Cys-Asn-Pro-Tyr-Asp-His-His= Protein L
Trp-Arg-Gln-Leu-Ile-Cys-Thr-Val= Protein M
Trp-Arg-Gln-Leu-Ile-Cys-Thr-Trp= Protein N
Protein - Trait
Protein A= Purple eyes
Protein B= Orange eyes
Protein C= Curved horns
Protein D= Straight horns
Protein E= Circle nose
Protein F= Oval nose
Protein G= Red nose
Protein H= Blue nose
Protein I= Square teeth
Protein J= Triangular fangs
Protein K= Straight hair
Protein L= Curly hair
Protein M= Green horns
Protein N= Black horns
Set 7: It’s your turn! Do this problem on your own. You won’t have blank lines here to help you. You can use the space below or your own notebook paper for this.
Square teeth
Eyes
Curved hours
Pointed teeth
Oval nose
Circle nose
Curly hair
Straight hair