Page 96 - If Darwin Had Known about DNA

Harun Yahya

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Blueprints inside the genetic information are noted for the production
of a new protein, and the required variety is duly manufactured. The

production plan for each protein exists in detailed instructions encod-
ed into DNA.
The molecular biologist Michael Denton refers to the protein pro-
duction blueprint:
Where DNA is the data bank of life, the ultimate repository of all biolog-
ical information, the proteins are life's animated actors, the universal con-
structor devices, the nanomanipulators which translate the one-dimen-
sional DNA dream into the vital three-dimensional reality of the cell. By
reading and following the instructions in the DNA, the proteins manipu-
late the atoms and molecules of life into the trillions of unique and spe-
cific conformations upon which the miracle of self-replication and self-as-
sembly depends. 74

As an individual goes through daily life, just about all the 100 tril-
lion or so cells in the body are carrying out complex processes at every
moment. All cells, apart from reproductive and blood cells, produce
around 2,000 proteins a second. The approximately 100 trillion cells in
an adult human body flawlessly organize some
150,000,000,000,000,000,000 (150 quintillion) amino acids to give rise to
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protein chains. This process goes on every day, every minute, every
second.
Prof. Gerald L. Schroeder describes this environment inside the
cell:

Our cells are a nonstop marvel. Transport in all directions satisfies the
needs for the two thousand proteins manufactured every second of every
day, seven days a week. No night-time snooze . . . here. 76
The system for the flawless production of proteins, so vitally im-
portant to the survival of living things, is incomparably more complex
and organized than any Earthly analogy that could be cited. In this
complex production plant, there is no room for the slightest error.