What is the energy cost, in terms of high-energy phosphate bonds, to form each peptide bond of a polypeptide during protein synthesis?
Explanation
This question asks for the quantitative energy cost of protein synthesis per peptide bond. The high cost reflects the multiple steps (amino acid activation, tRNA binding, translocation) that require energy input to ensure the high fidelity of translation.
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