AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Transfer RNA (abbreviated tRNA) is a small RNA molecule that plays a key role in protein synthesis. Transfer RNA serves as a link (or adaptor) between the messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule and the growing chain of amino acids that make up a protein.

Detailed explanation-2: -They also catalyze the reaction that links amino acids to make a new protein. tRNAs (transfer RNAs) carry amino acids to the ribosome.

Detailed explanation-3: -When a tRNA recognizes and binds to its corresponding codon in the ribosome, the tRNA transfers the appropriate amino acid to the end of the growing amino acid chain. Then the tRNAs and ribosome continue to decode the mRNA molecule until the entire sequence is translated into a protein.

Detailed explanation-4: -transfer RNA (tRNA) – a type of RNA that is folded into a three-dimensional structure. tRNA carries and transfers an amino acid to the polypeptide chain being assembled during translation. translation – the process in which a cell converts genetic information carried in an mRNA molecule into a protein.

Detailed explanation-5: -The shortest RNA molecule in the cell (ca. 3.8S), consisting of about 76 to 86 nucleotides. tRNAs carry amino acids to the ribosomes during protein synthesis.