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protein synthesis

noun

biologically, it is the creation of proteins by cells that usesDNA, RNA and various enzymes

It includes processes such as:

• Amino acid synthesis, a set of biochemical processes that produce amino acids from carbon sources like glucose. (Not all amino acids are produced by the body, other amino acids are obtained from diet)
• Transcription, the process by which an mRNA template, encoding the sequence of the protein in the form of a trinucleotide code, is transcribed from DNA to provide a template for translation
• Translation, the process in which amino acids are linked together in a specific order according to the rules specified by the genetic code