Ribosome
From Eterna Wiki
The ribosome is the nanomachine that translates RNA bases from messenger RNA into amino acids and proteins. The principle function of a ribosome is to take messenger RNA (mRNA) derived from genes (typically stored as DNA) and use them as a template or recipe to construct poly-peptides (proteins) by matching 3-base RNA triplets (codons), one at a time, to amino acids using transfer rna (tRNA) to aid in the process.
Teaching about Ribosomes
Labs and Puzzles for Ribosomes
- Ribosome Pilot Challenge Warm-Up Lab
- Ribosome Pilot Challenge Lab
- Ribosome Challenge Puzzles
- Ribosome Player-Puzzles
Selected Forum Posts
- Ribosome Pilot Challenge
- Redesigning the ribosome: chemical goals
- Ribosome Challenge Puzzles of the Week
- Domain structure of the Ribosome
Puzzle Solving Resources
- prestonzen is creating another great resource for learning to solve Eterna puzzles -- YouTube video walk-throughs. His first Ribosome Challenge video, where he solves puzzle 1.7, is a very gentle introduction.
- Astromon's <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tryel6znJc7DF7mjojRwzVaJeK8Rm5w9s9aRFMsNeZY/edit#slide=id.g5a6ab68da6_0_0">Guide for the Ribosome labs/challenges and The Soft Constraint booster</a>.
- Eli's <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UHLuJm8Xh0td_lzWHMv-tp_7fCRCK630LBseGC7-nZY/edit#heading=h.rrdxtye6vn90">Solving ribosome challenge puzzles</a> document.
- The <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Q9qVUBm3l5k4lZ3hhnoObWsQhvELrfQEfslZOnWTFOs/edit#slide=id.g5d1d569447_0_0">slide presentation</a> from Omei's Eternacon presentation.
Puzzle Construction/Analysis Resources
- Ribosome Challenge Puzzle Creation contans the scondary structure, starting sequence, IUPAC constraints and locks for the three major robosome units and their domains.
