Multiple choice

Which of the following statements regarding the process of translation in organisms is INCORRECT?

  1. The basic process of protein production is addition of one amino acid at a time to the end of a protein.

  2. Each amino acid added is matched to a three nucleotide subsequence of the mRNA.

  3. The ribosome molecules translate this code to a specific sequence of amino acids.

  4. The mRNA carries genetic information encoded as a ribonucleotide sequence from the chromosomes to the ribosomes.

  5. The basic process of protein production is addition of an amino acid occurs at the N-terminus of the peptide.
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Explanation

Addition of an amino acid occurs at the C-terminus of the peptide and thus translation is said to be amino-to-carboxyl directed.

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