The Power Behind The Throne Peter J. D'Adamo, ND, MIFHI Although
just about everyone knows something about DNA, I’d like to take
a few moments to introduce you to RNA, the real power behind the
throne. Protein represents what biologists call phenotype – the
living, breathing, metabolizing part of life. DNA is
information. Other than acting as a blueprint and occasionally
remembering to replicate itself, it doesn’t have a single real
world obligation. It is RNA that acts as the bridge between DNA
and protein, translating the message of DNA into the reality of
proteins. All the basic functions of the cell require RNA.
Copies of the desired DNA gene message are first copied onto one
type of RNA, which is then read by a machine composed in part by
some more RNA to create proteins by linking amino acids which
are delivered by another type of RNA. Let’s start the second
part of our story with the sweet, if short life of Messenger
RNA, or mRNA. At a certain point in its life, the cell may get
an urge to make some so