In eukaryotic cells the first step in protein synthesis is the _____.In eukaryotic cells the first step in protein synthesis is the _____.transferring of information from DNA to messenger RNA linking of nucleotides to form a polypeptide translation of an RNA nucleotide sequence into a sequence of amino acids translation of a DNA nucleotide sequence into a sequence of amino acids removal of introns from RNA and the stitching together of exons.