The document summarizes the process of protein synthesis: RNA polymerase first synthesizes mRNA in the nucleus by transcribing DNA; the mRNA is then exported from the nucleus through the nuclear pore and attaches to ribosomes in the cytoplasm; ribosomes translate the mRNA into a protein using tRNA to add amino acids specified by codons in the mRNA; translation continues until a stop codon is reached, resulting in a polypeptide chain that folds into the final protein structure.