Transport RNK

Transfer RNAs

Transfer RNAs are special RNA molecules consisting of approximately 70 nucleotides. They serve as "adapters" in protein synthesis. Specific transfer RNAs carry specific amino acids to the growing polypeptide chain, to which they are added in a specific sequence. This sequence is based on the complementarity between a codon (a triplet of nucleotides in messenger RNA) and an anticodon (the corresponding triplet in transfer RNA). Thus, transfer RNAs ensure the correct sequence of amino acids in the synthesized protein in accordance with the information encoded in the mRNA.