TRNA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tRNA mean? 

• TRNA (noun)
  The noun TRNA has 1 sense:

1. RNA molecules present in the cell (in at least 20 varieties, each variety capable of combining with a specific amino acid) that attach the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA)

  Familiarity information: TRNA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRNA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

RNA molecules present in the cell (in at least 20 varieties, each variety capable of combining with a specific amino acid) that attach the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA)

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

acceptor RNA; soluble RNA; transfer RNA; tRNA

Hypernyms ("tRNA" is a kind of...):

ribonucleic acid; RNA ((biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes zinc phosphodiesterase ELAC protein 2, is involved in tRNA maturation.

(ELAC2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Heterotrimeric Elongation Factor 1 (containing alpha/beta/gamma or alpha/delta/gamma subunits) is responsible for delivery of aminoacyl tRNAs to the ribosome.

(Elongation Factor 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Demeclocycline binds to bacterial 30S ribosomal subunit and prevents binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the mRNA-ribosome complex, thereby inhibiting protein synthesis.

(Demeclocycline, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in tRNA aminoacylation.

(Cysteinyl-tRNA Synthetase, Cytoplasmic, NCI Thesaurus)

Human FRSB Gene at 2q36.1 encodes the non-catalytic beta subunit of heterodimeric (alpha/beta) 2 Phenylalanyl-tRNA Synthetase.

(Phenylalanyl-tRNA Synthetase Beta-Subunit, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes cysteinyl-tRNA synthetase, cytoplasmic protein, plays a role in the metabolism of tRNA.

(CARS wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in the binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the A-site of the ribosome.

(Elongation Factor 1-Alpha 1, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in the transcription of genes with tRNA and virus-associated RNA promoters.

(General Transcription Factor 3C Polypeptide 3, NCI Thesaurus)

Icofungipen blocks isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase and results in inhibition of protein synthesis.

(Icofungipen, NCI Thesaurus)

This prevents translocation of peptidyl tRNA leading to an inhibition of protein synthesis.

(Oleandomycin, NCI Thesaurus)