The synthesis of a protein requires that the amino acids that constitute the growing polypeptide chain be covalently linked to the amino acid attached to the tRNA at the aminoacyl site of the ribosome. Which of the following catalyses this reaction? Options:   the aminoacyl tRNA synthetase   eEF2   eEF1-GTP   a large ribosomal RNA   the initiator tRNA met

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The synthesis of a protein requires that the amino acids that constitute the growing polypeptide chain be covalently linked to the amino acid attached to the tRNA at the aminoacyl site of the ribosome. Which of the following catalyses this reaction?

Options:
 

the aminoacyl tRNA synthetase

 

eEF2

 

eEF1-GTP

 

a large ribosomal RNA

 

the initiator tRNA met

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