tRNAs and translation
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Decoding
The tRNAs anticodon loop hybridizes with a codon in the mRNA
3 nucleotides of the anticodon base pair with 3 nucleotides of the codon in mRNA
The message is read one codon at a time inside a ribosome
Codon table
codon is on mrna
anticodon is on tRNA, reverse compliment of codon sequence
The genetic code is
“degenerate”
Every codon encodes a single amino acid, but there is more than one codon per amino acid
The genetic code is "degenerate" due to
wobble base pairing
Some codons require a perfect match with the anticodon (e.g. AUG and Methionine)
Some codons tolerate a mismatch at the 3ra position of the codon
(e.g. UUA UUG for Leucine) because both codons can bind to a single type of tRNA
The genetic code is "degenerate" due to (2) photo
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