Which form of RNA has a structure resembling clover leaf?
Which form of RNA has a structure resembling clover leaf?
$r$ RNA
$h n$ RNA
$m$ RNA
$t$ RNA.
Solution
The $t$ RNA molecule has a distinctive folded structure with three hairpin loops that form the shape of a threeleafed clover. One of these hairpin loops con tains a sequence called the anticodon, which can recognize and decode an $m$ RNA codon. Each $t$ RNA has its corresponding amino acid attached to its end.
Related Theory
The tRNA 5' to 3' primary structure contains the anticodon but in reverse order, since 3' to 5 ' directionality is required to read the mRNA from 5' to 3'. The T arm is a 4- to $5-b p$ stem containing the sequence $T \Psi C$ where $\Psi$ is pseudouridine, a modified uridine.