It is possible to synthesize proteins in vitro (in a test tube) without the use of living cells. If starting from a mature mRNA transcript, which of the following components would not be needed to do this?

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Adenine molecules are one of the four nucleotide bases that make up mRNA but are not directly required for protein synthesis in vitro. The other three components (amino acids, tRNAs, and ribosomes) are essential for protein synthesis to occur. Amino acids serve as the building blocks of proteins, tRNAs deliver the appropriate amino acids to the ribosomes based on the mRNA code, and ribosomes catalyze the formation of peptide bonds between the amino acids to form a protein.

It Is Possible to Synthesize Proteins in Vitro (In a Test