Overview
tRNA and ribosomes play crucial roles in the process of translation, which is the synthesis of proteins from mRNA. tRNA molecules transport specific amino acids to the ribosome, where the ribosome reads the mRNA sequence and assembles the amino acids in the correct order to form a protein. This proc...
Key Terms
Example: tRNA molecules match with specific codons on mRNA.
Example: Ribosomes can be found free in the cytoplasm or attached to the endoplasmic reticulum.
Example: The codon AUG codes for the amino acid methionine.
Example: The anticodon UAC pairs with the mRNA codon AUG.
Example: Peptide bonds link amino acids together in a protein chain.
Example: There are 20 different amino acids that can be combined to form proteins.
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Key Concepts
tRNA structureribosome functiontranslation processamino acid sequence