tRNA and amino acid activation

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  • what can the tRNA do once its released from the ribosome?
    its free to collect another amino acid from the amino acid pool in the cytoplasm - energy from ATP is needed to attach the amino acid to the tRNA - this process of attachment is called ‘amino acid activation’
  • what is needed to attach the amino acid to the tRNA?
    energy from ATP