BIOL 2120 Chapter 19: Cell Biology Translation

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Ribosomes orient the incoming mrna and trna so that the genetic code can be read properly. Ribosomes are made of rrna and protein, and they reside in the cytoplasm. Ribosomes are broken down into the large and small subunits. Bacterial ribosomes contain a smaller number of proteins. figure 19. 2a in the text) : All ribosomes are the machines of protein synthesis. Ribosomes have 4 main parts for protein synthesis (refer to. A (aminoacyl) site: binds to a newly arriving trna. P (peptidyl) site: trna resides here when the. E (exit) site: where trnas leave the ribosome after polypeptide is growing they"ve lost their amino acids. To recognize one or more mrna codons, and to bind to a specific amino acid. Trnas link their amino acids by an ester bond. In writing, trnas are known by the specific amino acid they bind to with a superscript. So, the trna molecules for alanine are written like this: trnaala.

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