How does an "anticodon" participate in protein synthesis?
A)Splicing out the introns to form a functional and mature messenger RNA
B)Identifying which DNA strand is the "sense" strand to transcribe into RNA
C)Ensuring the appropriate tRNA places the correct amino acid into the protein
D)Interpreting the correct "stop" triplet or codon that signals for translation termination

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The amino acid attachment site is the location that a specific amino acid can attach to and be carried by any one tRNA. Which amino acid attaches depends on the tRNA's anticodon, which is the tRNA complementary code for an amino acid codon. Thus, for every RNA codon, there is a corresponding complementary anticodon on the tRNA that can attach and carry the correct amino acid. (Every single amino acid has its own specific tRNAs.)

How Does an "Anticodon" Participate in Protein Synthesis