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Assemble a translation start complex

Exercise and reference answers

Steps
  1. eIF 2 picks up GTP
  2. It binds 40S
  3. Met tRNA joins
  4. GTP becomes GDP
  5. eIF 2 is released
  6. 60S subunit binds
Instructions
Tap the steps in the order a ribosome assembles before it starts reading the message.

Explanation

_Source: OpenStax Biology 1e, section 16.6 Eukaryotic Translational and Post-translational Gene Regulation_
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