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Firstly, you have tRNA which has a complementary amino acid sequence (anticodon) to the mRNA chain (codon), the latter is derived from dsDNA. tRNA brings specific amino acids to the mRNA in sites of prote...

The main role of the kidney is to filter the blood, to remove toxins like urea and then via various methods, parts of the kidney are able to reabsorb many of these filtered substances back for example, gl...

I would say the main difference here is that eukaryotic cells (e.g. animal cells) have a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles, whereas prokaryotic cells (bacteria and archaea) have no nucleus and no memb...

pH 7 is the optimum pH for amylase. This means it performs best and has maximum activity at this pH. Above pH 7, the activity of amylase rapidly decreases beacuse the concentration of H+ ions (or protons)...

Sucrase is an enzyme that breaks sucrose down to its constituent monosaccharides – glucose and fructose. At 33°C the enzyme will not be working at its’ optimum, as it has evolved to work most efficiently ...