Principles of Biology
Principles of Biology
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10.5, Problem 1BC
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ATP role in tRNA charging.

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Amino acid activation is known as aminoacylation or tRNA charging. This process is carried out in two steps: In first the first step ATP is transferred to amino acid and in second step amino acid is joined to its cognate tRNA.

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