Which of the following types of post-transcriptional processing does NOT occur for bacterial tRNAs?
A) Exonuclease cleavage
B) Endonuclease cleavage
C) Non-template directed addition of bases
D) Methylation of bases
E) Addition of a phosphate group to the 5' end

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Bacterial tRNAs do not undergo addition of a phosphate group to the 5' end. This is a modification that occurs in eukaryotic tRNAs to create the mature 5' end. Bacterial tRNAs do undergo exonuclease and endonuclease cleavage, non-template directed addition of bases, and methylation of bases.

Which of the Following Types of Post-Transcriptional Processing Does NOT