What is the Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum Function?
The reason rough endoplasmic reticulum is called ‘rough’ are the ribosomes. The ribosomes cover the surface of rough endoplasmic reticulum and make it appear bumpy under microscopic magnification. Ribosomes are the sites where proteins are created from amino acids. The information for the synthesis of a particular protein is conveyed from the DNA to the ribosome by the messenger RNA (mRNA) mechanism. This information is read by the ribosomes and accordingly proteins are created with the exact amino acid sequence with the help of transfer RNA (tRNA). Rough endoplasmic reticulum is connected with the outer envelope of the cell nucleus. The following are the main functions of rough endoplasmic reticulum: • The prime rough endoplasmic reticulum function is the production and processing of specific proteins at ribosomal sites that are later exported. The ribosomes in the rough endoplasmic reticulum do their job and create proteins which are then sent in to the rough endoplasmic reticulum fo
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