Question #32255
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Proteins aren't produced, so the cell eventually dies.
Explanation:
I'm only learning this right now myself, but what I know is: ribosomes combine amino acids together to form polypeptides (A protein in its first stage). They are found inside the cell fluid (cytosol/cytoplasm) and also inside the Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum (Rough ER). There are also ribosomes in mitochondria, etc. The important ones are the ones in the cell fluid and the ones in the Rough ER. These create proteins and the ones in the cell fluid create ones necessary for the cell to keep working. The ones in the Rough ER make ones that go outside of the cell, or into the membrane of the cell.
Proteins are really important. There are many types, including: enzymes, motor proteins, and structure proteins.
Enzymes help make chemical processes happen, as there is "activation energy", kind of like a wall to hop over, to start reactions. Enzymes work by shortening the wall, making it easier for molecules or atoms to do reactions as the "wall" gets basically shorter.
Motor proteins move supplies around the cell.
Structure proteins provide support for the shape of the cell and for a network that the motor proteins can "climb" or "pull along" so that stuff can be transported.
In short, ribosomes form the most essential parts of a cell, and without them, a cell would die soon as its proteins wouldn't get replaced when they started to get old and work less.
That a big enough answer?
