TheattachmentofaminoacidstospecifictRNAsis
mediatedbyagroupofenzymescalledaminoacyltRNA
synthetase(PaulZamecnik,andMahlonHoaglandin1957)
aminoacid+ATP→aminoacyl-AMP+Pp
i
aminoacyl-AMP+tRNA→aminoacyl-tRNA+AMP
Sumof1and2:aminoacid+tRNA+ATP→aminoacyl-
tRNA+AMP+PP
i
The cell: A molecular approach by Cooper –
Hausmann
Cell and Molecular Biology by Gerald Karp
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