Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry (Instructor's)
Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry (Instructor's)
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To explain: The reason why it is impractical to proofread the step that hydrolyzed peptide bond formed previously after the insertion of incorrect amino acid.

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The proofreading mechanisms used during replication and protein synthesis are different. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) polymerase use 35 exonuclease activity to remove mispaired nucleotides. However, there is no such analogous proofreading function on ribosomes. Proofreading translation after the incorporation of amino acid into growing peptide would be impractical.

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