Why don't DNA directly translate into protein?

If DNA would directly have to translate into protein, there is a high risk of the loss of genetic material. Also DNA is very tightly packed, so unwinding it every now and then will not be energy efficient. Secondly, most of the regions of DNA do not code for a protein, so it is more logical to convert protein coding regions to mRNA. read more

If DNA would directly have to translate into protein, there is a high risk of the loss of genetic material. Also DNA is very tightly packed, so unwinding it every now and then will not be energy efficient. read more

Double stranded DNA can not be translated directly into protein due to the role of tRNA complementation within the ribosome during translation. However, ssDNA can be translated so long as there is a 5′ phosphate and all of the thymine is replaced with uracil (so, basically, under very specific lab conditions). read more

The bacterium will produce mRNA, but it will contain extra sequences not found in the eukaryotic mRNA due to transcription of both introns and exons by the bacterium. read more