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What is a good analogy for a ribosome?

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A 3D printer. Similar to how a 3D printer takes instructions from a computer and then uses somewhere between 1-3 materials to construct the item, the ribosome uses instructions from DNA to construct a functional protein using up to 20 different amino acids. read more

A ribosome is a cell organelle that functions as a micro-machine for making proteins. Their process relies on specialized tRNA for translating the mRNA absorbed creating complex polypeptides for cell function. An analogy of this process would be a chef. read more

I think of a ribosome as a kind of factory. An order comes in (the mRNA), the ribosome produces the order piece by piece (amino acids), and then releases the completed products. It will even package the protein off to the Golgi Apparatus (distribution center), where it can then be sent to the destination. read more

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