High energy phosphates required to form one peptide bond:
2 ATP & 2 GTP (Total 4 high energy phosphates) required to add 1 amino acid in a growing polypeptide chain. Energy required Function 2 ATP Activation of each amino acid 1 GTP For entry at -site of ribosome during elongation of translation 1 GTP For translocation
2
4
6
8
Translation