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they don't have organelles, since the cytoplasm does the metabolic work, and technically we will only find the circular DNA in the nucleoid region and some ribosomes (which are NOT organelles, 'cause an organelle is a cellular structure that is protected by a membrane, like mitochondria, chloroplasts) in a prokaryotic cytoplasm.

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Endoplasmic reticulum is a membrane bounded organelle and as prokaryotes lack membrane, they don't have ER.

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Are smooth endoplasmic reticulum prokaryotes or eukaryotes or both?

eukaryote


Where is the rough endoplasmic reticulum?

In eukaryotes, it surrounds the nucleus. Prokaryotes don't have them.


Why prokaryotes cannot perform post translational process?

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Which cell parts are found only in prokaryotes?

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What organelle acts as the highway to transport proteins?

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Is the endoplasmic reticulum in an animal cell?

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Is the endoplasmic reticulum connected to the smooth endoplasmic reticulum?

No because if they been connected then it be smooth endoplasmic reticulum or the rough endoplasmic reticulum and it will be one of the both :p


Do prokaryotes have rough er?

No, they do not. Prokaryotic cells have no membrane-bound organelles such as rough endoplasmic reticulum. The 70s ribosomes found in prokaryotic cells are therefore free in the cytoplasm as opposed to attached to the rough endoplasmic reticulum.


System of membranes that helps move substances through a cell?

The endoplasmic reticulum. Those with ribosomes are called "rough" without are called smooth.