Abstract
One GTP molecule is cleaved for each aminoacyl-transfer RNA molecule bound to the ribosome during peptide chain elongation. Cleavage of further GTP is needed for translocation.
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ONO, Y., SKOULTCHI, A., WATERSON, J. et al. Stoichiometry of Aminoacyl-transfer RNA Binding and GTP Cleavage during Chain Elongation and Translocation. Nature 223, 697–701 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/223697a0
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