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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Which type of RNA carries the genetic information from DNA to the site of protein synthesis? mRNA rRNA tRNA

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i wanna say its tRNA?

OpenStudy (carolina4567):

rRNA Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) along with ribosomal proteins make up ribosomes, the "workbenches" on which polypeptides (proteins) are synthesized. It turns out that it is actually rRNA, and not a protein, in the large subunit of the ribosome that performs the peptidyl transferase function of linking amino acids together via peptide bonds. In eukaryotes, the genes coding for rRNAs are located in the nucleolus of the nucleus. A ribosome has 3 binding sites: an A (aminoacyl) site, a P (peptidyl) site, and an E (exit) site. mRNA The message carrying the information needed to make a particular polypeptide exists in the mRNA molecule. It binds with a ribosome and the ribosome starts reading it one codon - 3 consecutive mRNA bases - at a time. Each of the possible 64 codons codes for a particular amino acid, or for a release factor (in which case it is a STOP codon). So the order of bases in the mRNA specifies the order in which amino acids are linked together to form a polypeptide. tRNA A tRNA molecule has 2 main sites. At one end it has an amino-acid attachment site and on the opposite end it has a 3-base anticodon. An enzyme (an aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase) recognizes the type of tRNA and attaches the appropriate amino acid to it, at which point the tRNA is said to be charged. Charged tRNA molecules "bump into" the empty ribosome A site, but only if there is a complementary match between the mRNA codon associated with that site and the anticodon on the tRNA does the charged tRNA dock.

OpenStudy (carolina4567):

Which do u think now?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

im thinkin its m? Im not positive... :\ its m or t.

OpenStudy (carolina4567):

Let me make it simple

OpenStudy (anonymous):

im thikin its m now haha

OpenStudy (carolina4567):

mRNA - messenger RNA- Acts as a messenger tRNA - Transfer RNA rRNA - Ribosomal RNA

OpenStudy (carolina4567):

Now Which ?

OpenStudy (abhisar):

messenger carries message from DNA

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and its transporting so it is t

OpenStudy (carolina4567):

Hmm we have a smart person here :D

OpenStudy (carolina4567):

Good Job

OpenStudy (anonymous):

haha ^_^ I feel like shouting katie deserves a cookie xD

OpenStudy (anonymous):

It wasnt t. must have been m since it has nothin stated for ribosomes..

OpenStudy (carolina4567):

Yea M is a messnger mRna

OpenStudy (carolina4567):

Sorry bout that

OpenStudy (anonymous):

its ok i have another chance to retake it:) thanks for helping me two or three times now carolina4567!

OpenStudy (carolina4567):

Np anytime

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