PPT Slide
Translocation
- Peptidyl Transferase: enzyme in large subunit, forms peptide bond between amino acids
- At the same time, bond linking mRNA to tRNA is broken, the tRNA is released
- Ribosome moves 3 bases downstream
- “P” site now contains the growing peptide
- “A” site now has the next codon
- Requires several elongation factors (EFs)