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The Protein Synthesis Machinery

The three dimensional shape taken by tRNAs.

The three dimensional shape taken by tRNAs.

If viewed as a three-dimensional structure, all tRNAs are partially helical molecules that are vaguely L-shaped. The anticodon-containing loop is at one end of the molecule (in grey here) and the amino acid acceptor arm is at the other end of the molecule (in yellow here) past the bend of the "L".

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