Help with Prokaryotic Translation - GRE Subject Test: Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology

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Question

In prokaryotes what site on the mRNA does the ribosome bind to initiate translation?

Answer

The Shine-Dalgarno sequence is the ribosomal binding site in in prokaryotic mRNA that is located around 8 bases upstream of the start codon.

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