Answer to Question #270442 in Molecular Biology for Nikhil

Question

during elongation occuring in translation the enzyme which catalyses the synthesis of peptide bond is

Answer 1

The peptidyl transferase is an aminoacyltransferase (EC 2.3. 2.12) as well as the primary enzymatic function of the ribosome, which forms peptide bonds between adjacent amino acids using tRNAs during the translation process of protein biosynthesis.