1. Ribosomes and tRNA

<aside> 💡 Skill: The use of molecular visualisation software to analyse the structure of eukaryotic ribosomes and a tRNA molecule

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Ribosomes

Ribosomes are made up of what two things and why?

Structure of a Ribosome

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Transfer RNA (tRNA)

tRNA molecules fold into a cloverleaf structure with four key regions: Open for questions

Structure of tRNA

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Molecular Visualisation

Ribosome, open the link:

https://ib.bioninja.com.au/_Media/ribosome.pdb

tRNA, open the link:

https://ib.bioninja.com.au/_Media/tRNA.pdb

Ribosome and tRNA Molecules

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2.tRNA Activation

Each tRNA molecule binds with