What is present on the 3′ end of all functional, mature tRNAs?
Correct Answer: The sequence 5'CCA3'
Description: 5' end of the tRNA is always base paired, and 3' end is free or attached to an amino acid. 3' end of all the tRNA ends with the same sequence, i.e. CCA. This trinucleotide sequence is post-transcriptionally added to the tRNA by the enzyme CCA tRNA nucleotidyl transferase.
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