The "clover-leaf" model of transfer RNA (tRNA)
The functionally
important portions of the structure are the anticodon loop and the amino acid binding stem. The
remainder of the structure serves to place these two regions
in the proper relation with the aminoacyl
synthetase.
Figure © 2012 TA Brown, Introduction
to Genetics (1st ed.); additional
text © 2014 by Steven M. Carr