At this point, translation must be terminated, and the nascent protein must be released from the mRNA and ribosome. Termination of Translation There are three termination codons that are employed ...

Translation of an mRNA molecule by the ribosome occurs in three stages: initiation, elongation, and termination. During initiation, the small ribosomal subunit binds to the start of the mRNA sequence.

Structural comparisons between the arrested ribosome and canonical translation termination revealed steric clashes between the nascent peptide and amino acid residues in the ribosomal RNA ...