R ram14 Member Joined Sep 25, 2006 Messages 34 Gender Male HSC 2007 Apr 13, 2007 #1 How many types of different tRNA exist? What is the structure of an amino acid?
X xiao1985 Active Member Joined Jun 14, 2003 Messages 5,704 Gender Male HSC N/A Apr 17, 2007 #2 tRNA - 64 theoretically, since there are 4 types each and 3 codons, so that makes it 3^4 = 64... but in reality, it is to my belief that some of the combination would not be coded at all... so the actual number maybe less than 64 amino acid: H2N-C(H)(R)-COOH
tRNA - 64 theoretically, since there are 4 types each and 3 codons, so that makes it 3^4 = 64... but in reality, it is to my belief that some of the combination would not be coded at all... so the actual number maybe less than 64 amino acid: H2N-C(H)(R)-COOH
I i_like_tool New Member Joined Sep 10, 2004 Messages 2 Location Kingsford Gender Female HSC 2005 May 17, 2007 #4 Pretty sure you don't need to know the structure of amino acids for the HSC...
