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Molecular Basis Of Inheritance

Question
CBSEENBI12000311

Sketch and explain clover leaf model of tRNA.

Solution

Transfer RNA or soluble RNA (tRNA or sRNA).
It constitutes 15% of total RNA and is the smallest.
It has an amino acid acceptor end which binds to amino acids and an anticodon arm which has bases  complementary to the code. It also has an enzyme activating site and a ribosomal recognition site.

Fig. Clover leaf model of tRNA.