Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Passage: In all organisms, two steps are required to read the information encoded in a gene's DNA and produce the protein it specifies. First, the gene's DNA is transcribed to messenger RNA (mRNA).:6.1 Second, that mRNA is translated to protein.:6.2 RNA-coding genes must still go through the first step, but are not translated into protein. The process of producing a biologically functional molecule of either RNA or protein is called gene expression, and the resulting molecule is called a gene product. Question: What is the first step to read the information encoded in a gene's DNA and produce the protein it specifies?
Output (English): the gene's DNA is transcribed to messenger RNA (mRNA)