Protein Synthesis Diagram Generator

A protein synthesis diagram shows a gene becoming a working protein. It follows DNA in the nucleus being copied into mRNA, the mRNA travelling to a ribosome, and tRNA delivering amino acids that are joined into a polypeptide chain. A labeled protein synthesis diagram names each molecule and compartment along that route.

Transcription and translation are the two stages. Transcription copies a DNA gene into messenger RNA inside the nucleus; translation then reads that mRNA at a ribosome, three bases at a time, while transfer RNA brings in the amino acid matching each codon. A dna to rna to protein diagram draws these as two linked halves.

Transcription happens in the nucleus and translation at ribosomes. In eukaryotes the mRNA must leave the nucleus through a pore before a free or rough-ER ribosome can translate it; prokaryotes do both in the cytoplasm at once. SciFig's protein synthesis diagram generator can draw either version.

Describe the molecules and stages you want labeled. A complete labeled protein synthesis diagram names DNA, RNA polymerase, mRNA, the nuclear pore, the ribosome, tRNA with its anticodon, and the growing polypeptide. SciFig's protein synthesis diagram generator can also strip those labels for a blank worksheet version.

DNA, RNA polymerase, mRNA, ribosomes, tRNA, and amino acids. DNA holds the instructions, RNA polymerase copies them, mRNA carries the message, the ribosome reads it, and tRNA supplies amino acids that peptide bonds link into a chain. A simple protein synthesis diagram shows just these six players without intermediate detail.

Transcription writes RNA from DNA; translation builds protein from RNA. The first stays in the nucleic-acid alphabet and happens in the nucleus, while the second converts codons into amino acids at the ribosome. A simple protein synthesis diagram makes the switch obvious by changing the molecule shape at the ribosome.