Hiyasmin Gabriela T.

Lariosa

Ribosomal RNA
rRNA
• Ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) is the RNA component of
ribosomes (constitute over sixty percent of the ribosome by
weight) (Even the structure of a ribosome is determined by
the three-dimensional shape of its rRNA core)
Functions of Ribosomal RNA
• The primary function of rRNA is in protein synthesis – in binding to
messenger RNA and transfer RNA to ensure that the codon sequence of
the mRNA is translated accurately into amino acid sequence in proteins.

• rRNA has a distinctive three-dimensional shape that creates specific sites

within the ribosome.

• rRNA also has sites for binding to some ribosomal proteins

rRNA
(crucial for )It functions from binding to mRNA and recruiting tRNA to
catalyzing the formation of a peptide bond between two amino acids

• The P site is for binding a growing polypeptide

• The A site anchors an incoming tRNA charged with an amino acid.
• After peptide bond formation, the tRNA binds briefly to the E site
before leaving the ribosome.