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What are the subunits of 80s ribosomes?
Posted February 2, 2023
BioconjugationCellular Structures and OrganellesDNA and RNA Quantitation
Answer

80S ribosomes are composed of two subunits of different sizes. The larger (60-S) subunit is composed of 5-S rRNA, 5.8-S rRNA, 28-S rRNA and about 40 proteins. The smaller (40-S) subunit is composed of 18-S rRNA and about 33 proteins. 80S ribosomes play a central role in synthesizing proteins in eukaryotes.

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