MBIO 2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Alanine, Ammonia, Start Codon

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Complex of 50s ribosome, 30s subunit, mrna and fmet-trna. Protein synthesis by sequential addition of aa. 3 steps: binding of aminoacyl trna in a site. The next mrna codon is in a site, initiation codon is in p site. This codon is recognized by aa-trna which has complementary anticodon (aaa) As a result, two aa trna are aligned in p and a sites; their aminoacyl portions are located in. Reaction of peptide bond formation - catalyzed by peptidyl transferase - not a protein, it"s a. Fmet in p site forms peptide bond with next aa (lets say, phe for example) in a site. Uncharged trna is released from ribosome in two steps: translocated from p site to e site, release into solute from e site. Dipeptidyl group attached to trnaphe is located in a site: translocation. Ribosome moves down one codon toward 3" end of mrna. Next codon to be translated is now in a site.