Discuss the process of translation in detail.
The translation is the process of polymerisation of amino acids to form a polypeptide. Thus, the biological process through which protein is synthesised is called translation. Translation happens in the following main steps:
Initiation: The Ribosome assembles around the target mRNA, and we know that the ribosome Is the site of protein synthesis. The first tRNA gets attached at the start codon. A codon is a triplet of amino acids.
Elongation: The tRNA transfers an amino add to the tRNA corresponding to the next codon. This phase involves the addition of subsequent amino acids to form a long chain. This step forms the bulk of protein synthesis.
Translocation: The ribosome then moves to the next mRNA codon and continues the process. This creates an amino acid chain.
Termination: When a stop codon is reached, the ribosome releases the polypeptide.