Question

Which scientist proposed the cloverleaf model of tRNA and determined the first complete nucleotide sequence of alanine tRNA?

Options

• Robert Holley

• Max Perutz

• Linus Pauling

• Francis Crick

Answer 1

Robert Holley proposed the two-dimensional cloverleaf model of tRNA secondary structure and determined the first complete nucleotide sequence of alanine tRNA in 1965, an achievement for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.