This document summarizes the process of protein synthesis from transcription of DNA in the nucleus to translation of mRNA in the cytoplasm. It shows RNA polymerase transcribing DNA to form mRNA, which exits the nucleus through the nuclear pore. The mRNA then binds to a ribosome in the cytoplasm where translation occurs. The ribosome binds mRNA and tRNA to synthesize proteins by linking amino acids specified by mRNA codons. tRNA brings complementary bases to form codon-anticodon base pairs, leaving behind amino acids to form polypeptide chains that eventually fold into functional protein structures.