Translation Termination

- Elongation continues until a stop codon in the mRNA reaches the A site ​ - The A site accepts a protein called a release factor​ - The release factor causes the addition of a water molecule instead of an amino acid​ - this is because the release factor uses hydrolysis (breaking) to release the polypeptide, and that type of reaction has water as a byproduct - This reaction releases the polypeptide, and the translation assembly comes apart​