Ribosome

Ribosomes are a macromolecular structure in cells and serve as the main site of protein synthesis, where they perform the process of translation and uses tRNA to decode mRNA strands to form polypeptide chains from linking together amino acids.

Articles:

Lee, S. R., & Collins, K. (2005). Starvation-induced cleavage of the tRNA anticodon loop in Tetrahymena thermophila. Journal of Biological Chemistry280(52), 42744-42749.

Li, J., Giesy, J., Yu, L. et al. Effects of Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) Phosphate (TDCPP) in Tetrahymena Thermophila: Targeting the Ribosome. Sci Rep 5, 10562 (2015).

Media:

Image illustrates the creation of proteins from a ribosome and messenger RNA and Transcription RNA. Image Released into public domain.

Genes, Proteins, and Mutations: