What is the difference between messenger RNA and transfer RNA?

Answer 1

* Both consist solely of RNA. * Both are single-stranded. * Both are formed by complementary base pairing using a segment of DNA as a template. * Both play crucial roles in the synthesis of polypeptides in accordance with the information stored in DNA. * mRNA carries the code for the primary structure of a polypeptide; tRNA does not carry code. * The code in mRNA takes the form of a series of codons (each codon, like the codons in DNA, consisting of three adjacent nucleotides and coding for one amino acid); tRNA has a single anticodon, which, as its name implies, is positioned opposite one of the mRNA codons during translation. An anticodon, like a codon, consists of three consecutive nucleotides.

* mRNA remains essentially a linear, unfolded molecule; tRNA folds back on itself in such a way that there are stretches of complementary base pairing. * A molecule of tRNA attaches to an amino acid and transports it to a ribosome; mRNA has no such transport role.

Answer 2

DNA never leaves the nucleus of the cell to get its information out to the ribosomes is the function of Messenger RNA. Messenger RNA is a copy of DNA. Transfer RNA is not a long chain like most RNA/DNA but occurs in short three code segments, as there are three different possibilities for each code (adenine thymine and uracil) there's a large number of possible type of Transfer RNA. Each one of these types carries a different type of amino acid around with it. When a segment of Transfer RNA finds a match along the Messenger RNA strand it joins its associated amino acid to the growing protein chain. (This is why it is called transfer RNA as it transfers its amino acid.) This is how proteins are made in the cell using the information on the DNA.

Answer 3

messenger RNA is something that copies the coded message from DNA in the nucleus and carries the message into the cytoplasm.But transfer RNA is something that the cytoplasm carries an amino acid to the ribosome and adds it to the growing protein chain.

Answer 4

Transfer RNA (tRNA) is a specific class of RNA. RNA in general is involved in copying, carrying and decoding the genetic message of DNA into useful proteins in eukaryotic cells. tRNA is specifically involved in decoding the genetic message - the RNA on one end of the molecule matches the 3 base unit codon in the mRNA. On the other end of the molecule is the specific amino acid that corresponds to the tRNA codon.

Answer 5

The first difference is that Messenger RNA is a code carrier for polypeptide while transfer RNA does not carry any code. Another difference is that mRNA is an ufolded molecule while tRNA is a folded molecule.

Answer 6

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