Q. Which of the following step of translation does not consume a high energy phosphate bond?

A) Peptidyl transferase reaction
B) Aminoacyl tRNA binding to A-site
C) Translocation
D) Amino acid activation
Explanation

Protein synthesis or translation consists of ribosomes, amino acids, mRNA, tRNAs and aminoacyl tRNA synthetases. The ribosomes have two binding sites namely aminoacyl site or A-site and peptide site or P-site. The starting amino acid methionine lies at the P-site of the ribosome. The next incoming tRNA is called amino acyl tRNA, it is bound to A-site. A peptide bond is formed between COOH group of the tRNA at P-site and NH₂ group of aminoacyl tRNA. This is facilitated by the enzyme peptidyl transferase and does not require high energy phosphate bonds.

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