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frosja888 [35]
3 years ago
14

The function of the ribosome in polypeptide synthesis is to

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Reptile [31]3 years ago
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The ribosome reads the mRNA (messenger RNA) and translates the nucleotide sequence into a polypeptide (protein) sequence. It reads the nucleotides in groups of 3 called codons and then accepts the correct amino acids from charged tRNAs to build the polypeptide in the correct order.
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