What Is A Ribosome?
- Ribosomes are cytoplasmic granules composed of protein and RNA. They are responsible for protein synthesis and appear in every living cell.
- They average roughly 0.25 micrometers in length and make up around 25% of the cell's mass.
- Over 15,000 ribosomes are within a single cell and are found floating freely and/or attached to the Endoplasmic Reticulum.
The Ribosome And Its Function
- Protein is an important component found in abundance of every cell in the body. It is used to make enzymes, hormones, build muscle, repair tissue, and compose other bodily chemicals. It is an essential nutrient of life that is the building block of blood, skin, muscles, and cartilage.
- Ribosomes create protein by making chains of polypeptide which are then folded to produce proteins.
- The creation of what kind of protein is determined by the ribosome's location. If it is floating freely within the cytoplasm then it will make proteins that will be utilized within the cell itself. If it is attached the rough endoplasmic reticulum however, then the proteins made are used for usage inside or even outside of the cell.
- The Ribosome relies on a complex, yet necessary reaction in which types of RNA's are involved to transcript, translate, and assemble proteins that can be used by the cell in order to do basic tasks.
- Not only is the Ribosome a necessity to basic life, but is so important to the point where almost all major organelles would not be able to function without it.
Why Is The Ribosome So Important?
- Ribosomes are vital, they are found in every cell and corresponding cell type.
- They are used hand in hand with almost every organelle and play a big role in their survival and function.
- If the Ribosome was absent in a Prokaryotic cell, or any cell for that matter, it would not live. But if a nucleus is absent in a Prokaryotic cell then the cell can live happily without it.
- The rough endoplasmic reticulum would be completely non-existent if it wasn't for the ribosome.
- For a cell to function it needs proteins, proteins that can only come from the most important organelle, the Ribosome.
- This two part protein making machine may be small and overlooked, however when boiled down is a constantly working, essential being, that supports and defines us as not only human beings, but living organisms in general.
Why You Should Vote Ribosome
- The Cellection is a formal election held in order to crown the "most important organelle within a cell". This election should be quite easy as the Ribosome is clearly the most important.
- It would be foolish as to vote for any other organelle as they all require Ribosomes to function.
- They are the most vital in the productive sense, sound the coolest, and even look the part.
- Making proteins is no simple job and its a shame that this organelles is constantly being overlooked and frowned upon because of its supposedly simple nature and small stature.
- For a cell to be important, it must function and if it can't function, then is it really important?
- Ribosomes are unlike any other, and even though they may not be big or discussed about very often within communities like the unwanted and not needed nucleus or funny sounding mitochondria, they still create and make the biggest impact on a cell's desired life and function.
- So when asked the question of "which cell organelle is the most important?" don't hesitate or think twice, but instead proudly vote on the much deserved, soon to be winner. The Ribosome.
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References
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Molecular Expressions Cell Biology: Ribosomes. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/cells/ribosomes/ribosomes.html
Nucleus and ribosomes. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/structure-of-a-cell/prokaryotic-and-eukaryotic-cells/a/nucleus-and-ribosomes
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Ribosomes. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Biology/ribosome.html
Smith, C. (2017, November 21). Importance of Free Ribosomes. Retrieved from https://education.seattlepi.com/importance-ribosomes-5419.html
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