Prokaryotes Translation
Activated small subunit
- Places the AUG start codon in the P site
- P = Peptidyl site
Special tRNA carrying fMet binds to this structure, forming the initiation complex
- fMet-tRNAfMet has a unique structure
50S subunit joins the 30S subunit
- IF1, IF3 leave
- IF2 with the hydrolyzed GTP leave
- IF2 has ribosome-dependent GTPase activity