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What are the subunits of 70s ribosomes?
Posted February 2, 2023
BioconjugationCellular Structures and OrganellesDNA and RNA Quantitation
Answer

70S ribosomes are composed of two subunits of unequal sizes. The larger (50S) subunit is composed of 5-S rRNA, 23-S rRNA, and about 34 proteins. The smaller (30S) subunit is composed of 16-S rNA and about 21 proteins. 70S ribosomes play a central role in synthesizing proteins in prokaryotes and a few eukaryotes.

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