A 3D illustration of a transfer RNA molecule hovering over a messenger RNA. Transfer RNA acts as an adaptor to convert messenger RNA codons into amino acids during protein synthesis. Credit: ...
tRNAs have a distinct cloverleaf secondary structure and an L-shaped tertiary structure. The cloverleaf structure is formed by the folding of the single-stranded tRNA molecule, which is typically ...
61 codons specify one of the 20 amino acids that make up proteins 3 codons are stop codons, which signal the termination of protein synthesis Importantly, the genetic code is nearly universal, shared ...
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