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Spring 2004 Final Exam Practice 5 Question 2, continued d) Puromycin is an antibiotic that has an effect on both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Puromycin, which is structurally similar to the aminoacyl terminus of an aminoacyl-tRNA (see diagram), inhibits protein synthesis by releasing nascent polypeptide chains before their synthesis is completed. ................
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