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Protein Synthesis: Transcription + Translation

Public: High SchoolCatégorie: Biology

Description

A two-phase animation of the central dogma. Phase 1 shows transcription inside the nucleus: DNA unzips and mRNA is synthesized. Phase 2 shows translation at the ribosome: tRNA delivers amino acids matching mRNA codons and the protein chain elongates.

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Protein Synthesis: Transcription + Translation

Description

A two-phase animation of the central dogma. Phase 1 shows transcription inside the nucleus: DNA unzips and mRNA is synthesized. Phase 2 shows translation at the ribosome: tRNA delivers amino acids matching mRNA codons and the protein chain elongates.

Phases

# Phase Name Duration Description
1 Overview 3s Central dogma equation fades in: DNA → mRNA → Protein
2 Transcription Setup 4s Nucleus shown, DNA double helix visible inside
3 DNA Unzips 5s DNA strands separate, showing template strand
4 mRNA Synthesis 7s mRNA strand builds alongside DNA, growing codon by codon
5 mRNA Exits 3s mRNA exits the nucleus toward the ribosome
6 Ribosome Appears 3s Ribosome attaches to mRNA
7 Translation 10s tRNAs bring amino acids one by one, peptide chain grows
8 Protein Complete 4s Completed protein chain labeled, ribosome releases
9 Summary 3s Final labels visible

Layout

+------------------------------------------------------+
|  Protein Synthesis: Transcription + Translation      |
|                                                      |
|  Phase 1: NUCLEUS                                    |
|  +---------------------------+                       |
|  |  DNA: ||||||||||||        |                       |
|  |  mRNA:==========→        |                       |
|  +---------------------------+                       |
|                    ↓ mRNA exits                      |
|  Phase 2: CYTOPLASM                                  |
|  [Ribosome] reads [mRNA]                             |
|  tRNA: [AA]→[AA]→[AA]→ ... protein chain            |
|                                                      |
|  DNA → mRNA → Protein                                |
+------------------------------------------------------+

Area Descriptions

  • Upper half: nucleus with DNA and mRNA synthesis
  • Lower half: cytoplasm with ribosome and growing protein chain
  • Bottom: central dogma equation

Assets & Dependencies

  • Fonts: LaTeX / sans-serif
  • Manim version: ManimCE 0.19.1

Notes

  • DNA strands: blue lines with colored base dots
  • mRNA: orange strand with codon letters (UUU, AUG, GCA, etc.)
  • Ribosome: two gray ellipses (large and small subunit)
  • tRNA: green triangle/wedge shape with anticodon and amino acid on top
  • Protein chain: colored circles connected by lines, one per codon
  • Nucleus boundary: dashed circle