How is the joining of amino acids catalyzed during translation?

a. by the enzyme peptidyl transferase
b. by the enzyme reverse transcriptase
c. by the enzyme polyadenylase
d. by the enzyme RNA polymerase


Ans: a. by the enzyme peptidyl transferase

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