DUMET Medical DUMET Medical Solved Paper-2011

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    The reaction, Amino acid + ATP\[\to \] Aminoacyl AMP + P-P depicts

    A)  amino acid assimilation

    B)  amino acid transformation

    C)  amino acid activation

    D)  amino acid translocation

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Various steps of protein synthesis are amino acid activation and involvement of tRNA. During amino acid activation, amino acid binds with ATP to form amino acyl AMP + P-P. The process of shirting of amino acids from A- rice of ribosome to P-site is called translocation.


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