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At which site on the ribosome does the transfer rna dock initially during elongation?

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tRNA docks on the A site before being transferred to the polypeptide in elongation. One mnemonic to remember this is E (exit) site, P (polypeptide) site, and A (acceptor) site to remember the sites in a ribosome.
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