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the nucleotide sequence of an mrna molecule is aug uuc cug uaa. what is the nucleotide sequence of the trna anticodons that would complement this mrna sequence?

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  • The sequence of anticods loop in tRNA would be UAC AAG GAC .

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that base pairing occurs between the mRNA and the anitocodon loop of tRNA .

According to base pairing, Adenine forms two hydrogen bonds with Uracil ( Thymine in case of DNA) , And guanine forms three hydrogen bonds with cytosine.

Also there are no tRNA for stop codons . And as UAA is a stop codon , no anitocodon loop is available for it.

So the required nucleotide sequence

AUG UUC CUG UAA

UAC AAG GAC

Related information:-

tRNA :-

In 2D structure it looks like a clover leaf , but in 3D it is inverted L in structure. It has anitocodon loops that has base complementarity with mRNA . Secondly it has amino acceptor end to which it binds to amino acid. There are only one tRNA for each amino acid.

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