RNA that transports an amino acid to the ribosome, according to the code specified in the messenger RNA (mRNA), for incorporation into a polypeptide during protein synthesis.
A class of relatively small RNA (ribonucleic acid) molecules of molecular weight 23,000 to about 30,000. tRNA molecules act as carriers of specific amino acids during the process of protein synthesis. Each of the 20 amino acids found in proteins has at least one specific corresponding tRNA. The tRNA binds covalently with “its” specific amino acid and “leads” it to the ribosome for incorporation into the growing peptide chain.
A type of that unites with specific amino acids and aligns them to messenger RNA in the formation of polypeptides.
RNA which attaches amino acids to protein chains being made at ribosomes.
Small stable RNA molecules that dock onto the mRNA and ribosomes and carry amino acids. Each amino acid has its own specific tRNA.
That form of ribonucleic acid that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain being synthesized at the ribosome of a cell according to the coded directions of messenger RNA (transcribed from the genetic message of DNA in the nucleus).