Fig. 17-UN1 transcription unit Promoter RNA transcript RNA polymerase Template strand of DNA 5 5 5 3 3 3 Fig. 18-6b mRNA in cytoplasm Translation cytoplasm Degradation of mRNA protein processing Polypeptide Active protein cellular function Transport to cellular destination Degradation a protein. Tryptophan absent, repressor inactive, operon on DNA mRNA 5 protein trp operon Genes of