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Why it is called 80s ribosome?


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80s ribosome

  1. Ribosomes are a huge, complicated molecular machine that catalyses protein synthesis, often known as translation.
  2. 80S ribosomes are found in eukaryotes, while 70S ribosomes are found in prokaryotes like bacteria.
  3. The 80S for eukaryotic ribosomes refers to its sedimentation coefficient in the Svedberg units.

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