What is the enzyme used in translation?

1 Answer
Oct 30, 2015

There are two enzymes and four factors involved in translation proccess
www.nature.com

Explanation:

Enzymes involved:-
- fMet-tRNA-synthetase (only for prokaryotes) - attaches N-Formylmethionine to tRNA
- Aminoacyl-tRNA-synthetase - attaches amino acid to tRNA
- Peptidyl transferase

There are a number of non-enzymes that are also used including:-
- Elongation factors (EF-Tu) -carries aminoacyl-tRNA to ribosome
- Initiation factor
- Translocase (EF-G) - elongation factor that utilizes GTP.
- Release factor



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translation_(biology)
http://www.nature.com/nrm/journal/v9/n3/fig_tab/nrm2352_F1.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peptidyl_transferase
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-Formylmethionine#Function_in_protein_synthesis