Translation - Termination
1. Elongation continues until the ribosome reaches a stop codon
2. These codons do not code for any amino acids and instead signal for translation to stop
3. The polypeptide is released and the ribosome disassembles back into subunits
4. The polypeptide may undergo post-translational modification prior to becoming a functional protein
5. Multiple ribosomes can translate a single mRNA sequence simultaneously (forming polysomes)