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-The protein _______________ is toxic because it hydrolyzes a critical adenine base from the 28S RNA molecule of eukaryotes.
A)initiation factors
B)ATP
C)ricin
D)one
E)Shine-Dalgarno
F)elongation factor Tu
G)polysome
H)two
I)kanamycin
J)release factor
K)N-formylmethionine
L)signal sequence
M)GTP

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Choose the correct answer from the list below. Not all of the answers will be used.

-The protein _______________ is toxic because it hydrolyzes a critical adenine base from the 28S RNA molecule of eukaryotes.
A)initiation factors
B)ATP
C)ricin
D)one
E)Shine-Dalgarno
F)elongation factor Tu
G)polysome
H)two
I)kanamycin
J)release factor
K)N-formylmethionine
L)signal sequence
M)GTP

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Ricin is a toxic protein that functions by hydrolyzing an adenine base from the 28S RNA molecule of the 60S subunit of eukaryotic ribosomes, inhibiting protein synthesis.

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