The mRNA has an additional information to make another protein. What is that protein? What is its function?

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The MRNA has an additional information to make another protein. What is that
protein? What is its function?
How does having this additional information make the vaccine more effective?
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Transcribed Image Text:The MRNA has an additional information to make another protein. What is that protein? What is its function? How does having this additional information make the vaccine more effective? DNA
The diagram below shows the Covid-19 virus with its spike protein. It also shows the area on the spike protein
which binds to the ACE2 receptor (receptor binding domain).
Corona Virus
Receptor Binding Domain (RBD)
Spike Protein
In order to get into a cell, the Covid-19 virus needs to bind to
the ACE2 receptor. Once bound it is brought into the cell. These
receptors are found on cells making up various tissues (oral and
nasal mucosa, nasopharynx, lung, stomach, small intestine,
colon, skin, lymph nodes, thymus, bone marrow, spleen, liver, kidney,
and brain). The symptoms for Covid-19 are linked to the tissue
cells the virus infects. To the right is a diagram showing the biding
of the spike protein to the ACE2 receptor.
SARS-COV-2
Spike (S)
Host Cell
ACE2
acer
Transcribed Image Text:The diagram below shows the Covid-19 virus with its spike protein. It also shows the area on the spike protein which binds to the ACE2 receptor (receptor binding domain). Corona Virus Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) Spike Protein In order to get into a cell, the Covid-19 virus needs to bind to the ACE2 receptor. Once bound it is brought into the cell. These receptors are found on cells making up various tissues (oral and nasal mucosa, nasopharynx, lung, stomach, small intestine, colon, skin, lymph nodes, thymus, bone marrow, spleen, liver, kidney, and brain). The symptoms for Covid-19 are linked to the tissue cells the virus infects. To the right is a diagram showing the biding of the spike protein to the ACE2 receptor. SARS-COV-2 Spike (S) Host Cell ACE2 acer
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