Whats the purpose of protein synthesis?
Protein synthesis is obviously needed to make proteins- synthesis or synthesize both mean taking smaller parts and putting them together to make something new. Proteins need to be synthesized because they have such a wide range of applications in the body such as going on to become enzymes, flagging foreign matter for destruction by lymphocytes, helping to replicate DNA/RNA, or even helping us digest food- they’re a vital part of the human body. RNA polymerization simply involves a concerted effort by proteins to synthesize RNA. You notice in the word polymer in polymerization- many organic moleucles like RNA can be polymers (smaller units that are put together to form a larger unit), so polymerization refers to the building of these polymers.
