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
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.
