Multiple choice

Which of the following is a soluble RNA?

  1. tRNA

  2. mRNA

  3. rRNA

  4. snRNA

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Explanation

tRNAs are short-chain 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 synthesised at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA). It is also called soluble RNA because it is too small to be precipitated by ultracentrifugation at 100,000 g. It constitutes about 10-20% of the total RNA of the cell. Transfer RNA is a relatively small RNA having a molecular weight of about 25,000 to 30,000 and the sedimentation coefficient of mature eukaryote tRNA is 3.8S.