Translation - The Genetic Code And RNA

Question 1

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase

Answer 1

An enzyme that joins each amino acid to the appropriate tRNA

Question 2

Anticodon

Answer 2

A nucleotide triplet at one end of a tRNA molecule that base-pairs with a particular complementary codon on an mRNA molecule

Question 3

Wobble

Answer 3

Flexibility in the base-pairing rules in which the nucleotide at the 5’ end of a tRNA anticodon can form hydrogen bonds with more than one kind of base in the third position (3’ end) of a codon