Cellular protein synthesis proceeds in which direction?
A)carboxyl to amino terminus
B)amino to carboxyl terminus
C)3´' to 5´
D)5´ to 3´

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Cellular protein synthesis proceeds in the N-terminal (amino end) to C-terminal (carboxyl end) direction. During translation, the ribosome reads mRNA from the 5´ end to the 3´ end and the newly synthesized polypeptide chain grows from the N-terminal end.

Cellular Protein Synthesis Proceeds in Which Direction