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Protein synthesis begins with the association of the translation initiation complex in eukaryotes. The binding of the methionine-tRNA to the 40s ribosome initiates protein synthesis and it is by a protein initiation factor called the eukaryotic initiation factor -2 (eIF-2). This tRNA binds to the high-energy molecule guanosine triphosphate (GTP).
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