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written down in the special language of the DNA, which is an al-
phabet of four letters A, T, G, and C. However, the language of

the proteins is another language that consists of twenty letters
(since twenty amino acids make up the proteins). The conver-
sion of the message in DNA’s language into the language of the
protein is called ‘translation’.
This translation takes place inside the miraculous cell or-
ganelle already mentioned, the ribosome. Inside the ribosome, a
very special transformation system between the two languages

has been created. Known as the codon-anticodon method, this
system works just like a translator that is specialized in two lan-
guages, in a manner far superior to the most advanced present-
day computers. In a very short amount of time, it determines
which amino acids correspond to the four-letter strings written
in the special DNA language and produces the translation in the

protein language. As a result, the desired protein emerges in its
correct form. The accuracy and precision in this translation
process, whose details we shall examine, is most noteworthy.
There is no room for errors in the production of thousands of
proteins that the cell, and consequently, the living structures re-
quire every moment for to you survive. The translation has to be
almost perfect, and without any flaws.

The key to the translation process (the conversion of the
DNA data into protein) is the tRNA molecule. More than 20 dif-
ferent tRNA molecules transfer the 20 types of amino acids.
However, in order for the tRNAs to transport the amino acids,
special enzymes called aminoacyl tRNA synthetase are re-
quired. These enzymes have the task of attaching the tRNAs to

the amino acids they are responsible for, and can have various
shapes. Each tRNA translates a certain amino acid. When a tR-
NA reaches the ribosome, it carries a unique amino acid at one