Educational game

Protein Synthesis Game

Transcription · translation · codons · amino acids

Learning outcomeTranslate genetic information from DNA to mRNA to an amino-acid sequence.

Learning challenge

mRNA codons60Ribosomes4Translation rate6.00 aa/s

Protein length60 aa

Time proxy5.0 s

Ribosomes4

Learning focus

Connect mRNA length and translation rate with the time required to synthesize protein.

protein time ≈ codons / (rate × effective ribosomes)