Question

Ribosomes are of 70S type. What does this mean?

Answer 1

Ribosomes:

1. A ribosome is a ribonucleoprotein, which means it is made up of RNA and protein.
2. It is made up of two subunits, one smaller and the other larger.

70S ribosome:

1. The 70S (Svedberg units) ribosomes are found in all prokaryotes.
2. Every ribosome is made up of two subunits with the 50S and 30S densities.