Can you imagine biomolecules as "living-talking-entities," begging to shout out their mind?
Well, in the micro-time between meeting my deadlines and managing home, I imagined a LOT about them- how they talk, feel, and joke around in their designated half-life.
Here are some one-liners, taglines and one-word intro of some major biomolecules that make our life a bundle of activity.
Readout loud; figure out which biomolecule do you connect with?
They are like us in thought and deed!
DNA
One-liner - "Born twisted, so why do you need to go all linear?”
Tagline- Born twisted
One-word intro- Twisted
RNA
One-liner - “Single and ready - mingle/pair/bond -just signal it, baby.”
Tagline- Single by choice
One-word intro -Single
Protein
One-liner-“Complicated, that’s my surname.”
Tagline- It’s complicated
One-word intro- Complicated
tRNA
One-liner-“Why should I transfer sense, nonsense, and missense? I prefer silence!”
Tagline-Transfer sense
One-word intro-Transfer
mRNA
One-liner-“Messaging is never boring; making sense is!!!”
Tagline-Messaging sense
One-word intro-Messenger
Plasmid
One-liner-“Let’s C, You C me or you don’t, next to the big C*.”
Tagline-CCC captured
One-word intro- CCC
* the big C being chromosomal DNA, folks.
Carbohydrate
One-liner-“You can’t handle my sweetness in any form.”
Tagline-Sweetest sin
One-word intro-Sweetness
Lipids
One-liner-“You either like water or me, choose fatty.”
Tagline-Water away
One-word intro-Hydrophobic
Amino acids
One-liner-“You can count us in Oligo – that will be me+19+2.”
Tagline-Building Oligos
One-word intro-20+2*
* There are 22 proteinogenic amino acids in total; 20 standard and 2 introduced during translation mechanisms-selenocysteine and pyrrolysine
RNA Pol
One-liner-“Editing, that’s not my base.”
Tagline-Promoting Change
One-word intro- Changers*
*RNA pol does not have proof-reading activity. This is the reason why RNA viruses are diverse and more dangerous than DNA viruses.
DNA Pol
One-liner-“I aim to perfect- the art of copying*-sue me you codons.”
Tagline-Copy that
One-word intro-Copy
*Copying an idea & concept in any tangible form is plagiarism and it is a punishable offense. So is copyright infringement.
Enzymes
One-liner-“I love ‘cat’ and ‘lies,’ Sis!”
Tagline-Cat & Lies
One-word intro-Catalysis
Restriction enzymes
One-liner-“I am kind of picky on the location, timing, sequence, and arrangement. That’s doesn’t mean I have OCD*-cut off.”
Tagline-Only restricted
One-word intro-Restricted
*Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Here the reference is to the symptom where people can function if it is arranged in a specific fashion.
CRISPR-Cas9
One-liner-“Hand-picked CEO and CCO for ‘cut-paste-edit.’ enterprises.”
Tagline-paste-edit-change
One-word intro-Editors
G Proteins
One-liner-“Ok, what did the 57th* umpire say?”
Tagline-Signaling match
One-word intro-Signals
*G proteins are crucial in cell signaling. In a cell, there are a lot of activities, each backed up by multiple signals. It will be like watching cricket, football, hockey, tennis, relay and at one time.
57 is just a number thrown to emphasize that cell signaling means a buzz of activity and a high-level of coordination and regulation is required.
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