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to translate

to translate

5 7.6
In cells, use the information in mRNA to make a protein
  • verb
  • /trænˈsleɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : traducir
  • In the ribosome, the mRNA is translated into a sequence of amino acids to form a protein.
  • translate into protein

The ribosome is this massive factory that is able to translate RNA into protein.

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Examples

  • For coding regions, transcription results in a complementary mRNA molecule that, with no further modification, is translated at the ribosome.

    Academic text (1996)
  • So the RNA is translated into protein.

  • The ribosome is this massive factory that is able to translate RNA into protein.

  • It needs to be converted or translated into the protein that will become the actual functional unit.

  • Then, the mRNA is transported out to the cytosol to be translated into the corresponding protein.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Genes in DNA are expressed when they're read and transcribed into RNA, which is translated into proteins by structures called ribosomes.

  • During protein synthesis, the information in mRNA is translated into the corresponding protein structure.

  • When the cell needs a protein, it translates the mRNA code to assemble amino acids into a polypeptide chain.

Antonyms

49 5.1

To make something worse in quality or value

Surface Forms

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translated past
translated past participle
translating present participle
translates third person singular

Etymology

Translate comes from the Latin parts trans- 'across' and latus 'carried'. In biology the word describes how a cell 'carries' the message in mRNA 'across' into a chain of amino acids, so the code becomes a real protein.