Ribosomes and Golgi Apparatus
Ribosomes and Golgi Apparatus
Ribosomes and Golgi Apparatus
Golgi apparatus
Biology
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RIBOSOME
O A minute particle
O Consisting of r-RNA and
associated proteins found in
large numbers in the cytoplasm
of living cells.
O They bind messenger RNA and
transfer RNA to synthesize
polypeptides and proteins.
WHAT ARE
RIBOSOMES MADE UP
OF? of proteins and
O Ribosomes are made
ribonucleic acid (abbreviated as
RNA),
O In almost equal amounts.
O It comprises of two sections, known
as subunits.
O The tinier subunit is the place the
mRNA binds and it decodes,
O whereas the bigger subunit is the
place the amino acids are included.
How many ribosomes
are in a cell?
O Ribosomes are found
'free' in the cytoplasm or
bound to the endoplasmic
reticulum (ER) to form
rough ER. In a mammalian
cell there can be as many
as 10 million ribosomes .
WHAT IS S ?
O The "S" stands for svedbergs, a unit used
to measure how fast molecules move in a
centrifuge.
O Bacteria and archaebacteria have
smaller ribosomes, termed 70S ribosomes,
which are composed of a small 30S subunit
and large 50S subunit.
O All prokaryotes
have 70S (where S=Svedberg
units) ribosomes while eukaryotes contain
larger 80S ribosomes in their cytosol.
The 70S ribosome is made up of a 50S and
30S subunits.
Centrifuge