The Ribosome "Ribosomes,creating protein for yousince the beginning of time" @HoodRibosome Do you know what a ribosome is? No? Here, let me tell you.For starters, a ribosome is a small floating organelle found in all cells, prokaryotic, eukaryotic animal and plant cells, and it looks like this.
Or, for those who have absolutely no idea what that picture signifies or means, like me, here is a more understandable picture.
As you can see, the ribosome is very very small. It is actually just a very small organelle living INSIDE OF ANOTHER ORGANELLE. Despite its size, it does one of the most important jobs on the planet, produce protein. Now, you may be wondering, "Why is such a small organelle, one that lives, as you said, inside of another organelle, is so important?" The answer to this question is rather simple, but to answer it requires a little bit of background. You might have heard that cells make up the world, but do you know what makes up the cells, or even what creates the idea of a cell inside of a body? The answer, DNA. DNA is the organic code that tells you body how to make other cells and to keep on creating things the way they are, or to alter them after a certain period of time. "What makes up DNA?" You may ask, and to that I would answer simply protein. So now, your mind has been sufficiently blown, but let me go a little farther in depth. First of all, look at the two pictures on the page, starting with the top one. Do you see the twisted mess of cells? That is all that it takes to create a single protein. The process the ribosome uses is a simple one. First of all, it heavily relies on ribosomal nucleic acid, RNA, which is present in all cells. Anyways, the first step of creating a protein is for the ribosome to be given a few amino acids by Transfer RNA (tRNA) along with a messenger RNA (mRNA). The ribosome interprets the messenger RNA, telling it what it needs to create the protein for, and then it receives the amino acids from the transfer RNA and creates the protein. After that, the protein is shipped off to wherever it is so desperately needed. If you look at the first picture again, you may notice that there is a small hole in the middle. That hole is there to allow messenger RNA to pass through the ribosome and continue going about its busy life without having to be held up during translation. As you have most certainly gathered from the reasons presented to you today, the ribosome is the single most important organelle to ever have existed. So do the right thing on Friday, December 10, 2013 and vote ribosome. You will not regret your decision.
To know more about how hard this Ribosome works, check out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jml8CFBWcDs
"Ribosomes,creating protein for yousince the beginning of time"
@HoodRibosome
Do you know what a ribosome is? No? Here, let me tell you.For starters, a ribosome is a small floating organelle found in all cells, prokaryotic, eukaryotic animal and plant cells, and it looks like this.
Or, for those who have absolutely no idea what that picture signifies or means, like me, here is a more understandable picture.
As you can see, the ribosome is very very small. It is actually just a very small organelle living INSIDE OF ANOTHER ORGANELLE. Despite its size, it does one of the most important jobs on the planet, produce protein. Now, you may be wondering, "Why is such a small organelle, one that lives, as you said, inside of another organelle, is so important?" The answer to this question is rather simple, but to answer it requires a little bit of background. You might have heard that cells make up the world, but do you know what makes up the cells, or even what creates the idea of a cell inside of a body? The answer, DNA. DNA is the organic code that tells you body how to make other cells and to keep on creating things the way they are, or to alter them after a certain period of time. "What makes up DNA?" You may ask, and to that I would answer simply protein. So now, your mind has been sufficiently blown, but let me go a little farther in depth. First of all, look at the two pictures on the page, starting with the top one. Do you see the twisted mess of cells? That is all that it takes to create a single protein. The process the ribosome uses is a simple one. First of all, it heavily relies on ribosomal nucleic acid, RNA, which is present in all cells. Anyways, the first step of creating a protein is for the ribosome to be given a few amino acids by Transfer RNA (tRNA) along with a messenger RNA (mRNA). The ribosome interprets the messenger RNA, telling it what it needs to create the protein for, and then it receives the amino acids from the transfer RNA and creates the protein. After that, the protein is shipped off to wherever it is so desperately needed. If you look at the first picture again, you may notice that there is a small hole in the middle. That hole is there to allow messenger RNA to pass through the ribosome and continue going about its busy life without having to be held up during translation. As you have most certainly gathered from the reasons presented to you today, the ribosome is the single most important organelle to ever have existed. So do the right thing on Friday, December 10, 2013 and vote ribosome. You will not regret your decision.
To know more about how hard this Ribosome works, check out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jml8CFBWcDs