Use the following information to answer the next few questions.
A transfer RNA (#1) attached to the amino acid lysine enters the ribosome. The lysine binds to the growing polypeptide on the other tRNA (#2) in the ribosome already.
-Where does tRNA #2 move to after this bonding of lysine to the polypeptide?
A) A site
B) P site
C) E site
D) exit tunnel
E) directly to the cytosol

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After a new amino acid is added to the growing polypeptide chain, the tRNA (#2) that was holding the polypeptide moves to the E (exit) site of the ribosome before being released into the cytosol.

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