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Why t-RNA called an adapter molecule ?

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An adapter is a device that acts as a mediator between two systems that are not compatible similarly tRNA acts as an adpater which mediates the conversion of sequence of Nucleotides (mRNA) into sequence of amino acids (proteins).

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