Question

Briefly describe the following:
Translation

Answer 1

Part 1: Definition
Translation is the process of synthesis of polypeptide chains from mRNA.It occurs in the cytoplasm.

Part 2: Translation machinery
The ribosomes decode the codons present on the m-RNA and the t-RNA brings the corresponding amino acid to the site of protein synthesis. Further the amino acids form a peptide bond and this reaction is catalysed by the ribosomes. The process of translation begins with the initiation factor and when the ribosome reads the stop codon, the release factor binds to the ribosome and terminates the process of translation.