MCQ
What is an anticodon?
  • A
    Paired triplet of bases on messenger RNA
  • B
    Unpaired triplet of bases on rRNA
  • C
    Paired triplet of bases on rRNA
  • D
    An unpaired triplet of bases in an exposed position of tRNA

Answer

  1. An unpaired triplet of bases in an exposed position of tRNA

Explanation:

Anticodon is a sequence of three nucleotides in a region of transfer RNA that recognizes a complementary coding triplet of nulceotides in messenger RNA during translation by the ribosomes in protein biosynthesis.

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