7.5.1 Translation or Protein synthesis

7.5.1 Translation: Protein synthesis

Translation is the process by which mRNA codons are deciphered and a particular protein molecule is synthesized. The substances needed for the translation phase of protein synthesis are mRNA molecules, ribosomes, tRNA molecules, amino acids, and a number of enzymes. A ribosome is an rRNA-protein complex that serves as the site for the translation phase of protein synthesis.

            There are five general steps to the translation process:

(1) Activation of tRNA,

(2) Initiation

(3) Elongation

(4) Termination, and

(5) Post-translational processing.

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