Stella described protein synthesis as a process that makes the necessary proteins for the human body to function. She explained the process in the following steps.

Question

DNA is transcribed into mRNA.
Amino acids form a chain.
The amino acid chain is folded into a protein in the endoplasmic reticulum.
What step did Stella miss in her explanation?

(1 point)
Responses

tRNA delivers the DNA to the ribosome.
tRNA delivers the DNA to the ribosome.

Polypeptide chains express gene traits.
Polypeptide chains express gene traits.

DNA is replicated into two daughter cells.
DNA is replicated into two daughter cells.

mRNA is translated into amino acids.
mRNA is translated into amino acids.
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Answer 1

Stella missed the step where mRNA is translated into amino acids. This step is crucial as it describes how the information carried by the mRNA is used by the ribosome to assemble amino acids into a polypeptide chain, which eventually folds into a functional protein.

So the correct response is:

mRNA is translated into amino acids.