2024 Holiday Ornament: tRNA

tRNA folds into this beautiful 3D structure before carrying amino acids to ribosomes for protein synthesis. It even forms A-U and G-C base pairs! This elegant structure differs greatly from the cloverleaf structure commonly shown online or in textbooks. For more information on tRNA’s role in protein synthesis, see our blog post or Flow of Genetic Information Kit Resources.

Based on 4tna.pdb
1 angstrom – 1.1mm