Spinning Model of a DNA

My submission is a LEGO version of our building blocks - the DNA.

It has a lively colour scheme for the four nucleobases: yellow for adenine (A), blue for cytosine (C), red for guanine (G), and green for thymine (T). It is attached to a stand with gears which makes the whole model rotate via a handle on the side. It contains a total of 248 Lego pieces and uses a hose as the main "spine" which connects the bonds of nucleobases.

The DNA itself is accurate in the way that it starts with the start codon (ATG) and ends with an end codon TAG. In between the start and end codons, there are five amino acids: AAC, CGT, GGC, GCT, and TCA. [Read from bottom to top.]

Should the model be made into a real LEGO set, it could contain enough yellow, blue, red, and green connectors for the builder to design their own DNA model by choosing the five amino acids between the start and end codon, and the end codon itself. This way everyone can learn a bit about our building bricks :)
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