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Protein Synthesis Is a
Very Complex Process

In eukaryotes, requires >300 biomolecules:

– >70 ribosomal proteins
– ~20 aa activation enzymes
– ~20 protein factors for initiation, elongation, and

termination of peptides
– ~100 additional enzymes for final processing
– ~40 kinds of tRNAs and rRNAs

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