{"term":{"id":"06445","title":"transfer RNA","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - transfer RNA","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.T06445","code":"T06445","status":"current","initialism":"<em>initialism<\/em>: tRNA","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"A single-stranded RNA molecule containing about 70-90 nucleotides, folded by intrastrand base pairing into a characteristic secondary ('cloverleaf') structure that carries a specific amino acid and matches it to its corresponding codon on an mRNA during protein synthesis.","links":[{"term":"RNA","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/R05386"},{"term":"base pairing","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/B00607"},{"term":"codon","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/C01123"},{"term":"mRNA","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/M03857"},{"term":"nucleotides","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/N04255"}],"sources":["PAC, 1992, 64, 143. 'Glossary for chemists of terms used in biotechnology (IUPAC Recommendations 1992)' on page 167 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1351\/pac199264010143)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/T06445\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/T06445\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/T06445\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'transfer RNA' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.T06445","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-04-30T19:31:33+00:00"}}