The t RNA molecule has a distinctive folded structure with three hairpin loops that form the shape of a threeleafed clover. One of these hairpin loops con tains a sequence called the anticodon, which can recognize and decode an m RNA codon. Each t RNA has its corresponding amino acid attached to its end. Related Theory The tRNA 5' to 3' primary structure contains the anticodon but in reverse order, since 3' to 5 ' directionality is required to read the mRNA from 5' to 3'. The T arm is a 4- to 5−bp stem containing the sequence TΨC where Ψ is pseudouridine, a modified uridine.