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Question
How t-RNA act as an adapter molecule?
Explain in detail with the help of a diagram.
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Solution
Transfer RNAs are known as adapter molecules in protein synthesis because they are covalently linked to an amino acid at one end and they pair with the mRNA in such a way that amino acids are joined to a growing polypeptide in the correct sequence.
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