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i. What are the three types of RNA? ii. Which one of these has the shape of a clover-leaf in two dimensional structure ? iii. How is each RNA related in the information flow during protein synthesis? Explain. |
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Answer» i. The three types of RNA are: a. Messenger RNA (mRNA) b. Transfer RNA (tRNA) c. Ribosomal RNA (rRNA). ii. tRNA. iii. The genetic information in DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA). It stores the genetic information from DNA and decides the sequence of amino acid in a polypeptide. Transfer RNA (tRNA) acts as an adaptor molecule that at one end reads the code on mRNA and accordingly bind to amino acid on the other end. It recognises the codon on mRNA by its anticodon and leaves amino acid at the site of protein synthesis. Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) constitutes the ribosomal structure and helps to form peptide bond. |
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