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1. Describe the process of Translation; what is the purpose? 2. What are the steps involved in Initiation of Translation? 3. What are the steps involved in Elongation of Translation? 4. What are the steps involved in Termination of Translation? 5. What are some differences between Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Translation? Translation, Initiation, Elongation, Termination, Ribosomes, Transfer RNA (tRNA), Aminoacyl tRNA Synthetases, E, P, A sites on the Ribosome, Codon, AUG Codon, Stop Codon, Initiation, Elongation, Release Factors, Polycistronic mRNA

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translation ismRNA protein
prokaryotes vs evicarnotes


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assoonasmrna transcription nucleus
offDNAtemplate
comes translation cytoplasm
translation
requiresmrna ribosome
Frita aminoacyltrnasynthetases initationfactors elongationfactors releasefactors




m adeupofRNA
ribosomes structures siteoftranslation
protein bindwithmrnaandarethe
linksaminoacidstogether intheorderspecifiedbythecodonsof mrna moleculestoformpolypeptide chains
ribosomeensuresthatthe sequence in themrnacodingforamino
acids isreadinsuccessive non
o verlapping
groupsof 3 nucleotides

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1 3bindingsitesfortRNA
tRNA transferR NA
performstranslation of eachcodonin themRNAintooneaminoacid




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site fort heaminoacid correspondingtotheanticodon
aminoacyltrna synthetases
aminoacyltrna synthetase enzymesattachspecificaminoacids tospecifictrnamolecules
mosto rganismshaveoneaminoacyltrna synthetase foreachamino
acid
aminoacyltrna synthetase catalyzes theformationofthecovalent
bondbetweenthe
aminoacidandtRNA creating a charged tRNA

the anticodon oftRNAbindsto
the corresponding codoninthemrnasequence
thefirstb aseinthecodonin mrnapairsw iththelastbaseintheanticodon

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voa stopcodon
initiationoftranslation
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forthe avo codon whichspecifies methionine met
whenavo is reached thelargeribosomalsubunit joins andtheinitiationfactors arereleased
methioninestartstheaminoend of the newpolypeptidechain
Elongation
aminoacidsare addedoneby one tothe growingpolypeptidechain
energyprovidedbyelongationfactorsboundto Ote
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t akes themettoitstrnaistransferredtotheaminogroup ofthenextaminoacidinline
c onnecting
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