RIBOSOME

Ribosome
The

protein builders or
the protein synthesizers
of the cell
Found in many places
around the cell
Found in all eukaryotic
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Location:
You

might find them

floating in the cytoplasm

Other

ribosomes can be
found on the rough ER
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Function:

Serves as site of protein synthesis

Making Proteins
Genes

are found in the

nucleus, but proteins are
made
on
ribosomes
in
cytoplasm. The codes for
making proteins are covered
from the nucleus to the
ribosomes by another type of
nucleic acid called RNA

The DNA in the nucleus of

the cell makes three main
kinds of RNA

The

messenger RNA
(mRNA)

The
The

transfer RNA (tRNA)

ribosomal RNA
(rRNA)

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How protein synthesis

happens can be
summarized in the ff. steps:
1.

The genetic code of DNA is

transferred to molecules of
mRNA

2.

Then the mRNA moves into

cytoplasm through a pore in the
nuclear membrane

3.

In

the

cytoplasm,

ribosome
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