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This will start the second stage of protein synthesis called translation.

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This occurs in the cytoplasm of the cell.

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A small subunit of the ribosome will attach to the start codon of mRNA, which will always be AUG.

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The first tRNA molecule will bring a specific amino acid to the ribosome, and add it to the polypeptide chain.

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The ribosome will match the anticodon, which is the set of 3 nucleotides on tRNA that code for a specific amino acid, to the codon on mRNA.

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Then the large subunit of the ribosome will fit over the small subunit of mRNA.

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The mRNA strand will be read off by the ribosome like a ticker tape.

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Weh the stop codon is reached, the ribosome will detach, and the protein is fully produced.

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When you are deciding the amino acids in a chain, you will need to read off the mRNA chain, and use the codon dictionary.