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Kinetic proofreading
A mechanism for assuring fidelity in directed macromolecular synthesis; e.g. in protein synthesis a well matched anti-codon-codon pair, as opposed to a poorly matched pair, will remain associated until commitment to the next step of synthesis, which is timed by an internal 'clock', the hydrolysis of bound GTP.
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