after 30 seconds of translation you treat a cell with a chemical that blocks the P site on the ribosome so that it does not function anymore. describe what was happening prior to the treatment of the ribosome, and what would happen after the treatment of the ribosome. defend your answer?

i know that:
-translation is the process by which a protein is assembled from info contained in mRNA
-translation takes place on ribosomes
-and ribosomes attach near the 5' end of an mRNA strand where it then moves toward the 3' end while translating codons as it goes.

Help please?!?

Prior to the treatment of the ribosome, the translation process was taking place. Translation is the process by which a protein is synthesized using the information encoded in the mRNA molecule. Ribosomes, the cellular structures responsible for protein synthesis, attach to the mRNA molecule near its 5' end and move along it in the 3' direction. As the ribosome moves, it reads the sequence of nucleotides in groups of three, called codons, and translates them into amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.

However, after treating the ribosome with a chemical that blocks the P site, the ribosome's function would be inhibited. The P site, or peptidyl-tRNA site, is the site in the ribosome where the growing polypeptide chain is held. By blocking this site, the ribosome would be unable to continue the elongation phase of translation.

As a result, protein synthesis would be disrupted. The ribosome would be unable to move along the mRNA molecule and add new amino acids to the growing polypeptide chain. This would lead to the premature termination of protein synthesis and the production of incomplete or nonfunctional proteins.

To defend this answer, we can refer to the known functions of the P site in the ribosome. The P site is responsible for holding the tRNA molecule carrying the growing polypeptide chain. Without the proper function of the P site, the ribosome would not be able to continue the elongation phase of translation and add new amino acids to the growing protein. Therefore, treating the ribosome with a chemical that blocks the P site would indeed inhibit its function and disrupt protein synthesis.