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The energy required for assembly of a polypeptide by a ribosome comes directly from __________.

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The energy required is ATP and GTP

The activation of amino acids for the protein synthesis requires one ATP while the translocation of the ribosome to a new condon on the mRNA requires one GTP and the attachment of tRNA to A-binding site of the complex requires another GTP
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