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Similarly, do prokaryotic mRNA have poly A tail?
The poly(A) tail is important for the nuclear export, translation, and stability of mRNA. mRNA molecules in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes have polyadenylated 3′-ends, with the prokaryotic poly(A) tails generally shorter and less mRNA molecules polyadenylated.
Keeping this in view, does prokaryotic mRNA have a cap?
Once in place, the cap plays a role in the ribosomal recognition of messenger RNA during translation into a protein. Prokaryotes do not have a similar cap because they use other signals for recognition by the ribosome.
- They are involved in increasing the speed of translation by a ribosome. - They are involved in removing exons from the mRNA. - They are involved in preventing translation of an mRNA until after it leaves the nucleus.