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What purpose does the peptide bond serve in protein synthesis?
It connects amino acids.
It adds a water molecule to the amino acid chain.
It releases the protein from the tRNA.
It makes a strand of mRNA.
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It connects amino acids.
A peptide bond is the covalent (amide) bond formed between the carboxyl group of one amino acid and the amino group of the next during translation (catalyzed by peptidyl transferase on the ribosome), building the polypeptide chain.
A peptide bond is the covalent (amide) bond formed between the carboxyl group of one amino acid and the amino group of the next during translation (catalyzed by peptidyl transferase on the ribosome), building the polypeptide chain.
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