Question

This structure’s activity is mediated by eIF2 in a process that hydrolyzes GTP. EF-Tu cycles on and off this structure as it catalyzes a processive (10[1])reaction. One substrate this structure binds contains an acceptor stem and a CCA (10[1])tail. In prokaryotes, this structure binds to the purine-rich (10[1])Shine-Dalgarno (10[1])sequence. In (10[1])eukaryotes, this structure that contains E, P, and A (-5[1])sites is made (10[2])up (10[1])of small 40S and large 60S subunits. tRNAs containing anti-codons are added to polypeptide chains in this structure that performs translation.For 10 points, name these macromolecular complexes that take in mRNA to conduct protein synthesis. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: ribosomes [reject “ribozymes”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Abigail ZimmermanIowa BIllinois A2510
Matthew WestleyPurdue AIllinois C3810
Samay MathWashU BNotre Dame C4710
Rohan KrishnamoorthiWashU ASIUE4810
Ishaan SinghPurdue BIndiana5010
Stephen HeritageNotre Dame AIllinois B59-5
Emmett ChoChicago BNorthwestern A6210
Azura GollamudiNorthwestern BIowa A6210
Benny FeldmanChicago AIllinois D6310
David ZhangIllinois BNotre Dame A9810

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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%11%63.33
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%0%57.63
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY13100%0%23%65.38
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%0%67.00
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%0%42.60
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%11%54.78