Ribosomes can be compared to a factory assembly line. Just as a factory assembly line takes raw materials and assembles them into finished products, ribosomes take amino acids and assemble them into proteins. This process is crucial for the cell, as proteins are essential for various functions, including repairing tissues and producing enzymes and hormones. The ribosome reads the genetic instructions from the mRNA (messenger RNA) and uses this information to link amino acids in the correct order, much like how an assembly line follows a blueprint to create a specific product.
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