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A diseased cell is no longer able to produce proteins. Which cell structure is most likely malfunctioning? a. nucleus b. cytoplasm c. ribosome d. mitochondrion
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A diseased cell is no longer able to produce proteins. Which cell structure is most likely malfunctioning?

a. nucleus
b. cytoplasm
c. ribosome
d. mitochondrion

User Mark Erickson
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Ribosomes are responsible for converting the codons on the mRNA to amino acid polypeptide chains and as such I would think that it is the ribosome that would be malfunctioning if the cell is no longer able to produce proteins.
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