Protein Synthesis in Aging
When it fails, protein synthesis can lead to aging. Let’s take a closer look at the process and what happens if things go wrong.
Imagine that your job is to proofread texts translated by machines. Translation algorithm makes mistakes all day. From this perspective, the quality of translation remains the same. As a human proofreader your ability to concentrate on this task is likely to decrease throughout the day. Therefore, the number and type of errors that are missed, and the number of errors in the translation will increase over time.
This is what happens to a certain extent with the protein synthesis within your body.
In a Nutshell: Protein Synthesis
The so-called \”coding\” regions of your DNA are genes that contain the information needed to build the proteins your cells need. Your DNA is the blueprint for you and you need to protect it. The double-layered nucleus membrane protects DNA from oxidative stresses and other factors. When a cell wants to make new proteins, it sends out a disposable messenger RNA copy that’s read by ribosomes. These ribosomes will then produce the protein. Translation is the process of creating an mRNA version of DNA. As the analogy implies, this is not a perfect process.
Source:
https://www.leafscience.org/protein-synthesis-in-aging/
