make it easy to understand please
2007-01-02 10:44:23 · 3 answers · asked by Ask&learn 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The number of amino acids tells how big the protein will be and the amino acids gives it its shape
2007-01-03 05:11:03 · answer #1 · answered by darfol 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Translation from mRNA to protein begins with the start codon AUG (for methionine). From there, another amino acid is added for every 3 bases according to the genetic code until a stop codon is reached. Transfer RNA (tRNA) is used as the intermediate between mRNA and amino acids. On one end of the tRNA is the reverse complement to a specific codon, and on the other is the corresponding amino acid. For example, the tRNA for methionine would have the 5' to 3' sequence CAU to bind with the AUG codon.
2016-03-29 05:05:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Each codon is a set of three bases in mRNA (ex: CGC, AUG, GUU, etc.) Each codon "calls for" a certain amino acid which is brought to the growing amino acid chain by the matching tRNA. The three matching bases (A matches U; C matches G) on tRNA are the anticodon. The other end of the tRNA has the amino acid. You should have a chart in your textbook that tells what amino acid each mRNA codon calls for.
2007-01-02 11:19:26 · answer #3 · answered by ecolink 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋