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Give the function of ribosomes.


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Ribosomes:

  1. These are the small, dense cell organelles found inside the cell and they are about 20nm in diameter.
  2. They are composed of RNA(Ribonucleic acid) and proteins.

The function of ribosomes:

  1. The function of ribosomes is to synthesize proteins in accordance with the chains of amino acids.
  2. Ribosomes play the role of collecting amino acids to create particular proteins.

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