15.
What is the smallest number of molecules of ATP and GTP consumed in the synthesis of a 50 residue peptide chain, starting from precursor amino acids. Assume that hydrolysis of PPi is equivalent to the hydrolysis of ATP for this calculation.
A:
50 ATPs, 100GTPs
B:
100 ATPs, 99 GTPs
C:
100 ATPs, 100 GTPs
D:
100 ATPs, 200 GTPs
The answer is:
B
