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Chapter 17: Q. 17.54 (page 600)

What is meant by "translocation"??

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The shift of a ribosome along mRNA from one codon to the next codon during translation is called translocation.

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01

Introduction

mRNA is produced during the transcription process, when an enzyme RNA polymerase converts the gene into mRNA (main transcript) . Introns, or portions of which was before that do not code for the final amino acid sequence, are nevertheless present in most cases.

02

Explanation

Translocation is the movement of such a ribosome along mRNA through one codon to another during translation.

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