Question

Describe the biological and taxonomical significant of 16S rRNA.

Answer 1

Describe the biological and taxonomical significant of 16S rRNA.

The 16s rRNA is one of the components of the 30s subunit, present in the prokaryotic ribosomes. This would be binding to shine delgarno sequence. This is important as it would be used for reconstruction of phylogenies since, this part of the domain does not evolve at a fast rate, this part could be used for studying evolutionary relationships. There are many functions of the 16s rRNA, which are as follows:

• This part acts a scaffolding part.
• There are anti shine delgarno sequences present at the 3’ end, which would be binding upstream to AUG sequence. This would be binding to the S1 as well as S21 Encinitas were importwfn in protein synthesis.
• It would also be interacting with the 23s unit which would be aiding in the binding of both the subunits if ribosomes.