Download Name: Date: ______ Pd:_____ Modeling Protein Synthesis : Your

Name:_______________________________ Date: _______ Pd:_____
Modeling Protein Synthesis : Your task: create a model of the synthesis of the one of
following proteins
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Eumelanin (black brown)
o ATGAAAAACAAGGTACACATCTAG
Pheomelanin (responsible for red hair)
o ATGAAAAACAATTGCACGTAG
A blood (A antigen only)
o ATGTAAACCACTACATAG
B blood (B antigen only)
o ATGAGAAGTAGGAGAAGCATAATCTAG
A B blood (red blood cells contain A antigens and B antigens on its cell surface)
o ATGTAAACCACTACATAG -(A antigen)
o ATGAGAAGTAGGAGAAGCATAATCTAG -(B antigen)
A and Rh+ blood (red blood cells contain A antigens and Rh+ antigens on its cell
surface)
o ATGTAAACCACTACATAG -(A antigen)
o ATGATTCAACACATCCAGCCACATTAG-(Rh factor)
B and Rh+ blood (red blood cells contain A antigens and Rh+ antigens on its cell
surface
o ATGAGAAGTAGGAGAAGCATAATCTAG -(B antigen)
o ATGATTCAACACATCCAGCCACATTAG-(Rh factor)
Challenge Sequence:
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AB and Rh+ blood (red blood cells contain A antigens and Rh+ antigens on its cell
surface)
Model requirements: You may make your model out of any materials that you choose. The
model must contain the following:
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Transcription of your specific DNA sequence into mRNA (labeled and correct)
Translation of your mRNA into your protein (labeled and correct)
3-D visual of the polypeptide (each amino acid should be labeled and correct)
3-D visual of the folded polypeptide (amino acids do NOT need to be labeled and
correct)
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_____ /10 3-D visual of the finished protein in/on where it resides in the body (melanin
in the skin, antigens on the surface of a red blood cells)
_____/10 neatness and creativity
_____/30 ½ page typed response to the following prompt attached to your model:
Melanin and blood antigens are both manifestations of protein synthesis, discuss why
one played a role in the segregation of peoples while the other did not.