Question

Why is t -RNA an adapter molecule ??

Answer 1

Answer:

Francis Crick called the tRAN as adaptor molecule because it attaches itself via initiation and elongation factors to the ribosome- mRNA complex which facilitates the incorporation of the correct amino acid to the growing polypeptide chain by its specific anticodon to the mRNA codon.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer :

t - RNA is a small Molecule having a very specific secondary and tertiary structure. It reads the code since it has anticodons which pair with complementary codons and also gets attached to a specific amino acids at its 3' end thus plays an adapter role .

Hence , t - RNA is called an adapter Molecule .

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