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The Ribosome's A, P, and E Sites
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An assembled ribosome has three tRNA sites: A accepts an incoming tRNA, P holds the growing peptide, and E releases a used tRNA.
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A charged tRNA enters site A, its amino acid is added to the chain at site P, and the emptied tRNA exits site E.
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These sites are fixed positions in one ribosome, not three ribosomes acting on different tRNAs.