Question

Does the following statement describe a function of DNA, a function of RNA, a function of both DNA and RNA, or a function of neither DNA nor RNA? It stores in the nucleus the information a cell needs to make its proteins with the right orders of amino acids.

Answer 1

It is a function of both DNA and RNA (mRNA)

Explanation:

• In animal, plant and fungal cells, the direction for creating proteins and the structures where proteins are made to found in completely two different locations. DNA is stored in the nucleus, whereas the proteins are assembled from free amino acids in the cytoplasm structures known as ribosomes.
• A chemical messenger called mRNA is created in the nucleus and carries a duplicate of the DNA base sequence of a particular gene to the cytoplasm.
• Ribosomes attach to the mRNA and the directions it carries are used to assemble amino acids in the correct order to create a particular protein.